[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Using arrays in templates

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Thanks a lot for your answers guys!


On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Adam Jacob 
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> You can also sort the hash on the way out, as well.
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> :)
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> Adam
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> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Sig Lange 
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>> I'm no ruby expert, but It's worth pointing out that ordering of a Hash is
>> undefined. So the array-in-array approach works well if you intend to have
>> exact order in and out... which you likely do.
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>> Perhaps someone with more ruby knowledge can demonstrate a ordered hash.
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>> ~ Sig
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>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Adam Jacob 
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>>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:50 AM, FX 
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>>>  wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I have a question about templates and the correct syntax.
>>> > I have an array which contains the following data:
>>> >
>>> > "name1","description of name1"
>>> > "name2","description of name2"
>>> > ...
>>> > "nameN","description of nameN"
>>> >
>>> > This array needs to be stored as an attribute of a role or node (so
>>> > that it can be overridden)
>>> >
>>> > I assume it could look something like this:
>>> >
>>> > "host":[["name1","description of name1"],["name2","description of
>>> > name2"]]
>>>
>>> This should be a hash, not an array - you have a "name" value, which
>>> should be the key, and the descirption is a value.
>>>
>>> > Now the problem (at least for me) is how do I specify this in the
>>> > template?
>>> >
>>> > I have tried this (I assume it does not work because it needs to have
>>> > a object and not array):
>>> >
>>> > <% @host.each do |h| %>
>>> > <%= host[0] %>  <%= host[1]%>
>>> > <% end %>
>>>
>>> This is the right syntax - you need to have <%= h[0] %> and <%= h[1]
>>> %>, since that's the variable you create on iteration.
>>>
>>> Adam
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