Jira (PUP-7760) Array to String formatter adds a trailing space to a separator

[Aaron Hicks (JIRA)]

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Aaron Hicks created an issue   Puppet / PUP-7760 Array to String formatter adds a trailing space to a separator Issue Type: Improvement Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2017/07/06 4:04 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Aaron Hicks In Puppet 5.0.0 when converting an Array of strings to a comma separated String I use the following format specification to convert and Array of path strings to a path String: $path_string_format = { Array => { format => '% a', separator => ':', string_formats => { String => '%s' } } } Given an array of paths: $paths=['/path/to/dir','/another/path/to/dir] $path_string=String($paths,$path_string_format) The expected output is '/path/to/dir:/another/path/to/dir' However the output is '/path/to/dir: /another/path/to/dir' The String formatting has appended a trailing space to the separator. A workaround exists if the string is used in an .erb template by expressing the string like this: <%= @path_string.gsub(/\s+/, "") %> Reading the documentation there does not seem to be a flag or format option to remove this automatic addition of a space. Being able to eliminate this space would completely remove the need for the join function from puppetlabs/stdlib Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.