puppetlabs-stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/max.rb
Erik Dalén ff5dd5d75a Allow comparisons of Numeric and number as String
Puppet passes numbers as String to functions, but it makes more sense to
compare them as Numeric.
But sometimes Puppet passes them as the wrong type, see:
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/19812
2013-03-27 14:03:31 -07:00

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module Puppet::Parser::Functions
newfunction(:max, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
Returns the highest value of all arguments.
Requires at least one argument.
EOS
) do |args|
raise(Puppet::ParseError, "max(): Wrong number of arguments " +
"need at least one") if args.size == 0
# Sometimes we get numbers as numerics and sometimes as strings.
# We try to compare them as numbers when possible
return args.max do |a,b|
if a.to_s =~ /\A-?\d+(.\d+)?\z/ and b.to_s =~ /\A-?\d+(.\d+)?\z/ then
a.to_f <=> b.to_f
else
a.to_s <=> b.to_s
end
end
end
end