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+#
+# collect_indices.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:collect_indices, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 2)") if arguments.size < 2
+
+ array = arguments.shift
+ indices = *arguments # Get them all ... Pokemon ...
+
+ if not indices or indices.empty?
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'You must provide indices to collect')
+ end
+
+ # In Puppet numbers are often string-encoded ...
+ array = indices.collect { |i| array[i.to_i] }.compact
+
+ return array
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :