Puppet users - May 2012 - repeat a character in a string a certain number of times

Hi all,

This should be pretty easy to do but I can''t figure it out in Puppet
DSL
or ERB. I basically want to repeat a certain character X number of 
times, like this:

$string = regsubst("x", "x", "y{30}",
"EG")

To replace one ''x'' with 30 y''s.

Any tips?

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luke Bigum" <Luke.Bigum@lmax.com>
> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:44:41 AM
> Subject: [Puppet Users] repeat a character in a string a certain number of
times
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This should be pretty easy to do but I can''t figure it out in
Puppet
> DSL or ERB. I basically want to repeat a certain character X number of
> times, like this:
> 
> $string = regsubst("x", "x", "y{30}",
"EG")
> 
> To replace one ''x'' with 30 y''s.
> 
> Any tips?
Using ruby:
>> "foo".gsub("o", "a" * 20)
=>
"faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
>> "foo".sub("o", "a" * 20)
=> "faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaao"

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