On Monday, August 13, 2012 5:14:46 PM UTC-4, jcbollinger wrote: > > > > On Monday, August 13, 2012 1:20:27 PM UTC-5, Nan Liu wrote: >> >> >> A common misconception, but most people expect in puppet string+array >> results in an array value with the string prefix every array element, >> what you get is actually string + array.to_s. > > > Yes, we seem to have seen a lot of that around here recently. We also > sometimes see the closely related mistake of using "$my_array" instead of > simply $my_array. I suppose it's a sign that there is interest in > combinatorial approaches to declaring resources. >
Yeah the reason I need the $name-$dotfile is to ensure they are unique. That said, without the quotes or the requirement for $name then it would work just fine as $dotfile. > > > >> I haven't seen the >> cookbook recipe, but I think what you meant is something closer to >> this: >> >> https://gist.github.com/7860c7d8c157432381e3 >> >> > For cases such as this one, where decorated versions of the elements of a > single array are desired, the built-in regsubst() function can do the job > relatively easily. Note that the result should be assigned to a new > variable, as function return values cannot directly be used as resource > titles. > > How would I go about running a substring on something without a delimeter. Maybe I am just missing something obvious here. > > John > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/ZlnIazkFUucJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
