Allow sort for strings.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sort.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sort.rb
index 54a4018..49ca20a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sort.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sort.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
         "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
     end
 
-    arguments[0].sort
+    value = arguments[0]
+
+    if value.is_a?(Array) then
+      value.sort
+    elsif value.is_a?(String) then
+      value.split("").sort.to_s
+    end
 
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/parser/functions/sort_spec.rb b/spec/unit/parser/functions/sort_spec.rb
index da5db7a..fbe3073 100644
--- a/spec/unit/parser/functions/sort_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/parser/functions/sort_spec.rb
@@ -23,4 +23,9 @@ describe "the sort function" do
     result.should(eq(['a','b','c']))
   end
 
+  it "should sort a string" do
+    result = @scope.function_sort(["acb"])
+    result.should(eq('abc'))
+  end
+
 end