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+#
+# sort.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:sort, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Sorts strings and arrays lexically.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    if (arguments.size != 1) then
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "sort(): Wrong number of arguments "+
+        "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
+    end
+
+    value = arguments[0]
+
+    if value.is_a?(Array) then
+      value.sort
+    elsif value.is_a?(String) then
+      value.split("").sort.join("")
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :