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                                <#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Converts a string to the appropriate data type.

    .DESCRIPTION

        The ConvertTo-DataType function takes a string as input and converts it to the appropriate data type. If the string is empty or null, it returns the input string as is. If the string can be converted to an integer or a double, it returns the converted value. If the string can be converted to a datetime object, it returns the datetime object. Otherwise, it returns the input string as a string.

    .PARAMETER string

        The string to be converted to a data type.

    .EXAMPLE

        ConvertTo-DataType "123"

        123

        Converts the string "123" to an integer.

    .NOTES

        Function : ConvertTo-DataType

        Author   : John Billekens

        Copyright: Copyright (c) AppVentiX

        Version  : 1.1

#>

function ConvertTo-DataType {

    [cmdletbinding()]

    Param(

        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeLine)]

        [String]$string

    )

    Begin {

        Write-Verbose "Starting ConvertTo-DataType"

    }

    Process {

        Write-Verbose "Converting string '$string' to the appropriate data type."

        if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($string)) {

            $output = $string

        } elseif ($string -as [int] -or $string -as [double]) {

            if ($string -as [int] -eq $string -as [double]) {

                $output = $string -as [int]

            } else {

                $output = $string -as [double]

            }

        } elseif ($string -as [datetime]) {

            $output = $string -as [datetime]

        } else {

            $output = [String]$string

        }

        try {Write-Verbose "Converted string to '$($output.GetType().FullName)'."} catch { Write-Verbose "Could not read the type." }

        Write-Output $output

    }

    End {

        Write-Verbose "Ending ConvertTo-DataType"

    }

}

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