ARTools

2016.5.7.2

Public/Convert-ArrayToString.ps1

function Convert-ArrayToString
{
    [cmdletbinding()]
    
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)]
        [AllowEmptyCollection()]
        [Array]$Array,
        
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
        [switch]$Flatten
    )
    
    Begin{
        If($Flatten)
        {
            $Mode = 'Append'
        }
        Else
        {
            $Mode = 'AppendLine'
        }
        
        If($Flatten -or $Array.Count -eq 0)
        {
            $Indenting = ''
            $RecursiveIndenting = ''
        }
        Else{
            $Indenting = ' '
            $RecursiveIndenting = ' ' * (Get-PSCallStack).Where({$_.Command -match 'Convert-ArrayToString|Convert-HashToSTring' -and $_.InvocationInfo.CommandOrigin -eq 'Internal' -and $_.InvocationInfo.Line -notmatch '\$This'}).Count
        }    
    }
    
    Process{
        $StringBuilder = [System.Text.StringBuilder]::new()
            
        If($Array.Count -ge 1)
        {
            [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode("@(")
        }
        Else
        {
            [void]$StringBuilder.Append("@(")    
        }
        
        Foreach($Item in $Array)
        {
            If($Item -is [String])
            {
                [void]$StringBuilder.Append($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "'$Item'")
            }
            ElseIf($Item -is [int] -or $Value -is [double])
            {
                [void]$StringBuilder.Append($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "$($Item.ToString())")
            }
            ElseIf($Item -is [bool])
            {
                [void]$StringBuilder.Append($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + "`$$Item")
            }
            ElseIf($Item -is [array])
            {
                $Value = Convert-ArrayToString -Array $Item -Flatten:$Flatten
                
                [void]$StringBuilder.Append($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + $Value)
            }
            ElseIf($Item -is [hashtable])
            {
                $Value = Convert-HashToSTring -Hashtable $Item -Flatten:$Flatten
                
                [void]$StringBuilder.Append($Indenting + $RecursiveIndenting + $Value)
            }
            Else
            {
                Throw "Array element is not of known type."    
            }
            
            If(($Array.Length - 1) -ne $Array.IndexOf($Item))
            {
                [void]$StringBuilder.$Mode(', ')
            }
            ElseIf(-not $Flatten)
            {
                [void]$StringBuilder.AppendLine('')
            }
        }
        
        [void]$StringBuilder.Append($RecursiveIndenting + ')')
        
        $StringBuilder.ToString()
    }
    
    End{}
}

Remove-TypeData -TypeName System.Object[] -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Update-TypeData -TypeName System.Object[] -MemberType ScriptMethod -MemberName ToString -Value {Convert-ArrayToString $This}