Spotishell

1.1.1

Private/Get-NonAsciiCharEscaped.ps1

                                <#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Escape non-ASCII characters from a string

    .DESCRIPTION

        Return a string with all non-ASCII characters escaped with \uXXXX

        (implemented for PS5.1 compatibility)

        (PS6+ can use parameter EscapeHandling in ConvertTo-Json)

    .EXAMPLE

        PS C:\> Get-NonAsciiCharEscaped 'Héllö Wörld'

        Return 'H\u00e9ll\u00f6 W\u00f6rld'

    .PARAMETER InputObject

        Specifies the string to process

        Can be Pipelined

#>

function Get-NonAsciiCharEscaped {

    param (

        [Parameter(

            Position = 0,

            Mandatory = $true,

            ValueFromPipeline = $true

        )] [string] $InputObject

    )

    Process {

        $nonAsciiChars = $InputObject.ToCharArray() | Where-Object { $_ -match '[^\x00-\x7F]' } | Select-Object -Unique

        foreach ($char in $nonAsciiChars) {

            $InputObject = $InputObject -creplace $char, ('\u{0:x4}' -f [int]$char)

        }

        $InputObject

    }

}