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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sprintf.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/sprintf.rb
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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+    newfunction(:sprintf, :type => :rvalue,
+		:doc => "\
+	Perform printf-style formatting of text.
+
+	The first parameter is format string describing how the rest of the
+	parameters should be formatted.  See the documentation for the
+	``Kernel::sprintf()`` function in Ruby for all the details.
+	") \
+    do |args|
+	if args.length < 1
+	    raise Puppet::ParseError, 'sprintf() needs at least one argument'
+	end
+	fmt = args.shift()
+	return sprintf(fmt, *args)
+    end
+end