Puppet Function: clamp

Defined in:
lib/puppet/parser/functions/clamp.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

clamp()Any

Clamps value to a range.

Returns:

  • (Any)


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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/clamp.rb', line 5

newfunction(:clamp, :type => :rvalue, :arity => -2, :doc => <<-DOC
  Clamps value to a range.
  DOC
           ) do |args|

  args.flatten!

  raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'clamp(): Wrong number of arguments, need three to clamp') if args.size != 3

  # check values out
  args.each do |value|
    case [value.class]
    when [String]
      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "clamp(): Required explicit numeric (#{value}:String)") unless value =~ %r{^\d+$}
    when [Hash]
      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "clamp(): The Hash type is not allowed (#{value})")
    end
  end

  # convert to numeric each element
  # then sort them and get a middle value
  args.map { |n| n.to_i }.sort[1]
end