I''m looking for a way to determine the number of characters in a string/variable. I''ve tested some of the ruby length functions, but no luck. Has anyone done this before? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/BU0VlG7b3EIJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
Darren Chamberlain
2012-Jul-09 18:43 UTC
Re: [Puppet Users] Number of characters in string/variable
$ cat var_l.pp
$var = "i like pie"
$var_l = inline_template("<%= var.length %>")
notice("''$var'' is $var_l characters long")
$ puppet var_l.pp
notice: Scope(Class[main]): ''i like pie'' is 10 characters long
* jkuskowski <jkuskowski at benchmarklogic.com> [2012/07/09
06:59]:> I''m looking for a way to determine the number of characters in a
> string/variable. I''ve tested some of the ruby length functions,
but no
> luck. Has anyone done this before?
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Darren Chamberlain <darren@boston.com>
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jkuskowski
2012-Jul-10 14:51 UTC
Re: [Puppet Users] Number of characters in string/variable
Sweet thanks man!!! On Monday, July 9, 2012 2:43:59 PM UTC-4, Darren Chamberlain wrote:> > $ cat var_l.pp > $var = "i like pie" > $var_l = inline_template("<%= var.length %>") > notice("''$var'' is $var_l characters long") > > $ puppet var_l.pp > notice: Scope(Class[main]): ''i like pie'' is 10 characters long > > * jkuskowski <jkuskowski at benchmarklogic.com> [2012/07/09 06:59]: > > I''m looking for a way to determine the number of characters in a > > string/variable. I''ve tested some of the ruby length functions, but no > > luck. Has anyone done this before? > > -- > Darren Chamberlain <darren@boston.com> >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/rOJZ_u-85uEJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.