2 files changed, 46 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/base64.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/base64.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9a590a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/base64.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ 
+  newfunction(:base64, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args|
+
+    Base64 encode or decode a string based on the command and the string submitted
+
+    Usage:
+
+      $encodestring = base64('encode','thestring')
+      $decodestring = base64('decode','dGhlc3RyaW5n')
+
+    ENDHEREDOC
+ 
+    require 'base64'
+ 
+    raise Puppet::ParseError, ("base64(): Wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be = 2)") unless args.length == 2
+
+    actions = ['encode','decode']
+
+    unless actions.include?(args[0])
+      raise Puppet::ParseError, ("base64(): the first argument must be one of 'encode' or 'decode'")
+    end
+ 
+    unless args[1].is_a?(String)
+      raise Puppet::ParseError, ("base64(): the second argument must be a string to base64")
+    end
+ 
+    case args[0]
+      when 'encode'
+        result = Base64.encode64(args[1])
+      when 'decode'
+        result = Base64.decode64(args[1])
+    end
+ 
+    return result
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/range.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/range.rb
index 825617b..0849491 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/range.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/range.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ Will return: ["a","b","c"]
     range("host01", "host10")
 
 Will return: ["host01", "host02", ..., "host09", "host10"]
+
+Passing a third argument will cause the generated range to step by that 
+interval, e.g.
+
+    range("0", "9", "2")
+
+Will return: [0,2,4,6,8]
     EOS
   ) do |arguments|
 
@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ Will return: ["host01", "host02", ..., "host09", "host10"]
     if arguments.size > 1
       start = arguments[0]
       stop  = arguments[1]
+      step  = arguments[2].nil? ? 1 : arguments[2].to_i.abs
 
       type = '..' # We select simplest type for Range available in Ruby ...
 
@@ -71,7 +79,7 @@ Will return: ["host01", "host02", ..., "host09", "host10"]
         when /^(\.\.\.)$/  then (start ... stop) # Exclusive of last element ...
       end
 
-      result = range.collect { |i| i } # Get them all ... Pokemon ...
+      result = range.step(step).collect { |i| i } # Get them all ... Pokemon ...
 
     return result
   end