Puppet Function: delete

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

Overview

delete() ⇒ Any

Deletes all instances of a given element from an array, substring from a string, or key from a hash.

Examples:

delete(['a','b','c','b'], 'b')
Would return: ['a','c']

delete({'a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3}, 'b')
Would return: {'a'=>1,'c'=>3}

delete({'a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3}, ['b','c'])
Would return: {'a'=>1}

delete('abracadabra', 'bra')
Would return: 'acada'

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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

newfunction(:delete, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-DOC
  Deletes all instances of a given element from an array, substring from a
  string, or key from a hash.

  *Examples:*

      delete(['a','b','c','b'], 'b')
      Would return: ['a','c']

      delete({'a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3}, 'b')
      Would return: {'a'=>1,'c'=>3}

      delete({'a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3}, ['b','c'])
      Would return: {'a'=>1}

      delete('abracadabra', 'bra')
      Would return: 'acada'
DOC
           ) do |arguments|

  raise(Puppet::ParseError, "delete(): Wrong number of arguments given #{arguments.size} for 2") unless arguments.size == 2

  collection = arguments[0].dup
  Array(arguments[1]).each do |item|
    case collection
    when Array, Hash
      collection.delete item
    when String
      collection.gsub! item, ''
    else
      raise(TypeError, "delete(): First argument must be an Array, String, or Hash. Given an argument of class #{collection.class}.")
    end
  end
  collection
end