The problem here is almost certainly that the dot implies context and
the context should be the name of the bundle in which the array is
defined. So it is a reserved symbol. If you want to prefix, use the
underscore.
Matt Richards wrote:
> Another odd bug. It would appear that readstring array has some issues
> with a "." within the first dimension of the array. Consider the
> following example:
>
> # cat /tmp/hosts
> host_a.domain.com:f2:f3
> host_a_domain_com:f2:f3
>
> # cat test.cf
> ###
> body common control {
> bundlesequence => { "test" };
> }
>
> ###
> bundle agent test {
>
> vars:
> "array" int =>
> readstringarray("hosts","/tmp/hosts","#[^\n]*",":",1000,40000);
> "indices" slist => getindices("hosts");
>
> reports:
> Yr2009::
> "indices : $(indices)";
> "dot_notation field 2 : $(hosts[host_a.domain.com][2])";
> "canon_notation field 2 : $(hosts[host_a_domain_com][2])";
>
> }
>
> # cf-agent -Kf test.cf
> R: indices : host_a.domain.com
> R: indices : host_a_domain_com
> R: dot_notation field 2 : $(hosts[host_a.domain.com][2])
> R: canon_notation field 2 : f3
>
>
> The indices look correct, however if accessing the array (see
> dot_notation above) using a "." in the indice, it does not seem to
> work.
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