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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/delete_at.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/delete_at.rb
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+#
+# delete_at.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:delete_at, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "delete_at(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 2)") if arguments.size < 2
+
+    array = arguments[0]
+
+    unless array.is_a?(Array)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'delete_at(): Requires array to work with')
+    end
+
+    index = arguments[1]
+
+    if index.is_a?(String) and not index.match(/^\d+$/)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'delete_at(): You must provide ' +
+        'non-negative numeric index')
+    end
+
+    result = array.clone
+
+    # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
+    index = index.to_i
+
+    if index > result.size - 1 # First element is at index 0 is it not?
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'delete_at(): Given index ' +
+        'exceeds size of array given')
+    end
+
+    result.delete_at(index) # We ignore the element that got deleted ...
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :