puppetlabs-stdlib/shuffle.rb

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# shuffle.rb
#
module Puppet::Parser::Functions
newfunction(:shuffle, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
EOS
) do |arguments|
raise(Puppet::ParseError, "shuffle(): Wrong number of arguments " +
"given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
array = arguments[0]
if not array.is_a?(Array)
raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'shuffle(): Requires an array to work with')
end
return [] if array.size == 0
return array if array.size <= 1
list = array.clone
elements = list.size
# Simple implementation of FisherYates in-place shuffle ...
elements.times do |i|
j = rand(elements - i) + i
list[j], list[i] = list[i], list[j]
end
return list
end
end
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