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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb index f2417f3..e7e1d2a 100644 --- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb +++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_numeric.rb @@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:is_numeric, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS -Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a number. +Returns true if the given argument is a Numeric (Integer or Float), +or a String containing either a valid integer in decimal base 10 form, or +a valid floating point string representation. -The function recognizes only integer and float but not hex or octal -numbers (for now) until a decision is made how to handle these types. +The function recognizes only decimal (base 10) integers and float but not +integers in hex (base 16) or octal (base 8) form. -The parameter can be in the native format or given as string representation -of a number. +The string representation may start with a '-' (minus). If a decimal '.' is used, +it must be followed by at least one digit. Valid examples: |