Public/Move-ALHElementInArray.ps1
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.VERSION 1.0.0 .GUID dc7e6c37-6124-43d7-9b42-a3db5d26afe5 .AUTHOR Dieter Koch .COMPANYNAME .COPYRIGHT (c) 2021-2023 Dieter Koch .TAGS .LICENSEURI https://github.com/admins-little-helper/ALH/blob/main/LICENSE .PROJECTURI https://github.com/admins-little-helper/ALH .ICONURI .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES 1.0.0 Initial release #> <# .DESCRIPTION Contains a function that allows to move an element within an array. #> function Move-ALHElementInArray { <# .SYNOPSIS A PowerShell function to move an element within an array. .DESCRIPTION A PowerShell function to move an element within an array. .PARAMETER Array The array in which to move an element to another position. .PARAMETER ElementNumberToMove The number of the element to move. Remember to start counting at 0! .PARAMETER NewElementNumber The postition at which the element should be moved to within the array. Remember to start counting at 0! .EXAMPLE Move-ALHElementInArray -Array @(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) -ElementNumberToMove 2 -NewElementNumber 4 This will move element number 2 (the 3rd element) to position 4 (the 5th element). The result will the following array: @(0,1,3,2,4,5,6,7,8,9) .INPUTS Nothing .OUTPUTS Nothing .NOTES Author: Dieter Koch Email: diko@admins-little-helper.de .LINK https://github.com/admins-little-helper/ALH/blob/main/Help/Move-ALHElementInArray.txt #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [array] $Array, [int32] $ElementNumberToMove, [int32] $NewElementNumber ) $StopWatch = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::startnew() if ($ElementNumberToMove -gt $Array.count) { Write-Warning -Message "The given element number is greater than the number of elements in the array. Can not continue." } elseif ($ElementNumberToMove -eq $NewElementNumber) { Write-Warning -Message "The given element number and the new element number are equal. There is nothing to do." } else { $ElementToMove = $Array[$ElementNumberToMove] if ($ElementNumberToMove -gt $NewElementNumber) { $ElementBlock1 = $Array[0 ..(([math]::Min($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber)) - 1)] $ElementBlock2 = $Array[([math]::Min($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber)) ..(([math]::Max($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber)) - 1)] $ElementBlock3 = $Array[(([math]::Max($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber)) + 1) .. ($Array.Count - 1)] [array]$NewArray = $ElementBlock1 + $ElementToMove + $ElementBlock2 + $ElementBlock3 } else { $ElementBlock1 = $Array[0 ..(([math]::Min($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber)) - 1)] $ElementBlock2 = $Array[(([math]::Min($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber)) + 1) ..([math]::Max($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber))] $ElementBlock3 = $Array[(([math]::Max($ElementNumberToMove, $NewElementNumber)) + 1) .. ($Array.Count - 1)] [array]$NewArray = $ElementBlock1 + $ElementBlock2 + $ElementToMove + $ElementBlock3 } $StopWatch.Stop() Write-Information -MessageData "Elapsed time: [$($StopWatch.Elapsed)]" -InformationAction Continue $NewArray } } #region EndOfScript <# ################################################################################ ################################################################################ # # ______ _ __ _____ _ _ # | ____| | | / _| / ____| (_) | | # | |__ _ __ __| | ___ | |_ | (___ ___ _ __ _ _ __ | |_ # | __| | '_ \ / _` | / _ \| _| \___ \ / __| '__| | '_ \| __| # | |____| | | | (_| | | (_) | | ____) | (__| | | | |_) | |_ # |______|_| |_|\__,_| \___/|_| |_____/ \___|_| |_| .__/ \__| # | | # |_| ################################################################################ ################################################################################ # created with help of http://patorjk.com/software/taag/ #> #endregion |