stmx38
1
Hello,
I'm trying to merge two attributes which are both arrays and got into the issue that on join I get a string and can't use it for iteration.
Also, I have noted that a simple attribute assignment changes the data type from array to string:
node.default['hosts'] = ["a", "b"]
node.default['hosts_new'] = "#{node.default['hosts']}"
puts "Initial data type: #{node['hosts'].class}"
puts "New data type: #{node['hosts_new'].class}"
Initial data type: Array
New data type: String
And my question if there a way to persist data type on attributes assignment?
Or maybe we should use a different approach for such cases.
Thank you!
vsingh
2
Hi stmx38,
Seems that you have quoted the node.default['hosts'] with a double-quote, it gets converted to string due to string interpolation.
you can simply put the assigned array itself i.e.
node.default['hosts'] = ["a", "b"]
node.default['hosts_new'] = node.default['hosts']
puts "Initial data type: #{node['hosts'].class}" // Array
puts "New data type: #{node['hosts_new'].class}" // Array
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stmx38
3
@vsingh, thank you for the reply - it working as expected and using such behavior join also working now:
joined = node['hosts']+ node['hosts_env']