Private/Helper/Write-ColoredHost.ps1
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function Write-ColoredHost { [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidUsingWriteHost', '', Justification = 'This function is specifically designed to write colored output to the host')] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$Text, [switch]$NoNewLine ) # Detect tags in the text to change the color {red} for foreground and {RED} for background $Pattern = '\{([a-zA-Z]+)\}' $Segments = [System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Split($Text, $Pattern) $CurrentForeground = $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor $CurrentBackground = $Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Segments.Length; $i++) { $Segment = $Segments[$i] #Test if the segment is a system.ConsoleColor if ([Enum]::TryParse([System.ConsoleColor], $Segment, $true, [ref]$null)) { # Change the color $Color = [Enum]::Parse([System.ConsoleColor], $Segment, $true) if ($Segment -cmatch '^[A-Z]+$') { # Background color $Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = $Color } else { # Foreground color $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = $Color } } else { # Regular text segment, write it to the host Write-Host -NoNewline $Segment } } if (-not $NoNewLine) { Write-Host "" } $host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = $CurrentForeground $host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = $CurrentBackground } |