Puppet Function: get_magicvar

Defined in:
lib/puppet/parser/functions/get_magicvar.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

get_magicvar() ⇒ Any

This returns the value of the input variable. For example if you input role it returns the value of $role’.

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'lib/puppet/parser/functions/get_magicvar.rb', line 7

newfunction(:get_magicvar, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
This returns the value of the input variable. For example if you input role
it returns the value of $role'.
EOS
) do |arguments|

  raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'get_magicvar(): Wrong number of arguments ' +
    "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1

  my_var = arguments[0]
  result = lookupvar("#{my_var}")
  result = 'all' if (result == :undefined || result == '')
  return result
end