--- /dev/null
+#
+# sort.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:sort, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Sorts strings and arrays lexically.
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ if (arguments.size != 1) then
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "sort(): Wrong number of arguments "+
+ "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
+ end
+
+ value = arguments[0]
+
+ if value.is_a?(Array) then
+ value.sort
+ elsif value.is_a?(String) then
+ value.split("").sort.join("")
+ end
+
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :