----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luke Bigum" <luke.bi...@lmax.com>
> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:44:41 AM
> Subject: [Puppet Users] repeat a character in a string a certain number of
> times
>
> Hi all,
>
> This should be pretty easy to do but I can't figure it out in Puppet
> DSL or ERB. I basically want to repeat a certain character X number of
> times, like this:
>
> $string = regsubst("x", "x", "y{30}", "EG")
>
> To replace one 'x' with 30 y's.
>
> Any tips?
Using ruby:
>> "foo".gsub("o", "a" * 20)
=> "faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
>> "foo".sub("o", "a" * 20)
=> "faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaao"
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