puppetlabs/puppet · error · ArgumentError

Unable to parse '%{str}' using any of the formats %{formats}

Error message

Unable to parse '%{str}' using any of the formats %{formats}

What it means

Error "Unable to parse '%{str}' using any of the formats %{formats}" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/time/timespan.rb:117

        hash[KEY_HOURS] || 0,
        hash[KEY_MINUTES] || 0,
        hash[KEY_SECONDS] || 0,
        hash[KEY_MILLISECONDS] || 0,
        hash[KEY_MICROSECONDS] || 0,
        hash[KEY_NANOSECONDS] || 0
      )
    end

    def self.parse(str, format = Format::DEFAULTS)
      if format.is_a?(::Array)
        format.each do |fmt|
          fmt = FormatParser.singleton.parse_format(fmt) unless fmt.is_a?(Format)
          begin
            return fmt.parse(str)
          rescue ArgumentError
          end
        end
        raise ArgumentError, _("Unable to parse '%{str}' using any of the formats %{formats}") % { str: str, formats: format.join(', ') }
      end
      format = FormatParser.singleton.parse_format(format) unless format.is_a?(Format)
      format.parse(str)
    end

    # @return [true] if the stored value is negative
    def negative?
      @nsecs < 0
    end

    def +(o)
      case o
      when Timestamp
        Timestamp.new(@nsecs + o.nsecs)
      when Timespan
        Timespan.new(@nsecs + o.nsecs)
      when Integer, Float
        # Add seconds

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/time/timespan.rb:117 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

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