It is possible in a lot of puppet versions but it is a bug and might get
fixed.

$a = [1,2]
$a[2]=3
notice($a)


On 22 October 2013 15:20, jcbollinger <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> On Monday, October 21, 2013 1:21:18 PM UTC-5, Sergey Arlashin wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>> Is it possible to add a new element to an array inside puppet manifest ?
>> Something like ruby's array.push('new_element') ?
>>
>>
>
> No, it isn't.  It is a fundamental principle of Puppet that variables'
> values cannot be changed once set.
>
> In particular, the += operator Daniele refers to does not do quite what
> she supposes: it sets the initial value of a local variable by appending
> data to the value of a *separate* variable of the same name at top scope,
> node scope, or a parent scope (
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/3/reference/lang_variables.html#appending-assignment).
> That may be sufficient for your needs, but it is not what you actually
> asked, and I would not expect the code Daniele presented to work.
>
>
> John
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