Puppet Function: merge_hash_values

Defined in:
lib/puppet/functions/merge_hash_values.rb
Function type:
Ruby 4.x API

Overview

merge_hash_values(Hash $hash1, Hash $hash2) ⇒ Hash

This function merges two hashes and concatenate the values of identical keys

Example: $frontend = { ‘option’ => [ ‘tcpka’, ‘tcplog’ ],

'timeout client' => '90m' }

$backend = { ‘option’ => [ ‘httpchk’ ],

'timeout server' => '90m' }

Using this function: $merge = merge_hash_values($frontend, $backend)

Would return: $merge = { ‘option’ => [ ‘tcpka’, ‘tcplog’, ‘httpchk’ ],

'timeout client' => '90m',
'timeout server' => '90m' }

Parameters:

  • hash1 (Hash)
  • hash2 (Hash)

Returns:

  • (Hash) 


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# File 'lib/puppet/functions/merge_hash_values.rb', line 19

Puppet::Functions.create_function(:'merge_hash_values') do
  dispatch :merge_hash_values do
    param 'Hash', :hash1
    param 'Hash', :hash2
    return_type 'Hash'
  end

  def merge_hash_values(hash1, hash2)
    hh = hash1.merge(hash2) {|k, v1, v2| (v2 + v1).uniq()}
    return hh
  end
end