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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_ip_address.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_ip_address.rb
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+#
+# is_ip_address.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:is_ip_address, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Returns true if the string passed to this function is a valid IP address.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    require 'ipaddr'
+
+    if (arguments.size != 1) then
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_ip_address(): Wrong number of arguments "+
+        "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
+    end
+
+    begin 
+      ip = IPAddr.new(arguments[0])
+    rescue ArgumentError
+      return false
+    end
+
+    if ip.ipv4? or ip.ipv6? then
+      return true
+    else
+      return false
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :