Details
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Type:
Story
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Status: Rejected
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Priority:
Lowest
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Resolution: Won't Do
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: Built-in functions, function: nth()
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Labels:
Description
Currently (as of 3.12.2, 3.14.0) I can use reverse(), or I can use length() and eval() to calculate the last index position if I want to reference the last element of a list.
Get the last element of a list using length() and eval()
bundle agent main {
vars:
"path" string => "/etc/path/more/something/config.conf";
"path_parts" slist => string_split( "$(path)", "/", "10");
"count" int => length("path_parts") ;
"filename" string => nth("path_parts", format( "%d", eval("$(count)-1", "math", "infix")));
reports:
"CFEngine $(sys.cf_version)";
"$(filename)";
}
R: CFEngine 3.15.0a.732b7da25 R: config.conf
Get the last element of a list using reverse()
bundle agent main {
vars:
"path" string => "/etc/path/more/something/config.conf";
"path_parts" slist => reverse(string_split( "$(path)", "/", "10"));
"filename" string => nth("path_parts", 0 );
reports:
"CFEngine $(sys.cf_version)";
"$(filename)";
}
R: CFEngine 3.15.0a.732b7da25 R: config.conf
It would be convenient if I could more easily grab the elements from a list relative to the end.
Example getting last element of list using negative index position
bundle agent main {
vars:
"path" string => "/etc/path/more/something/config.conf";
"path_parts" slist => string_split( "$(path)", "/", "10");
"filename" string => nth("path_parts", -1 );
reports:
"CFEngine $(sys.cf_version)";
"$(filename)";
}
R: CFEngine 3.15.0a.732b7da25 R: config.conf
It would then make sense that the valid values for index position used in nth() be 0 to length()-1
Attachments
Issue Links
- duplicates
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CFE-3194 nth() policy function should take negative indices
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- Done
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