Functions/Write-StringHash.ps1
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function Write-StringHash { <# .SYNOPSIS Takes [hashtable] input and writes the code that would create a hashtable with that information. .DESCRIPTION Takes [hashtable] input and writes the code that would create a hashtable with that information. .PARAMETER Hash The hash to be defined. Can either by [System.Collections.Hashtable] or [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary] .PARAMETER VariableName The name of the hash table variable .PARAMETER Ordered Switch to use [ordered] when created hash, will sort entries by value .PARAMETER QuoteField Switch to enclose the name and value attributes in single quotes .EXAMPLE @{ A =1; B=2; C=3} | Write-StringHash $StringHash = @{ C = 3 B = 2 A = 1 } .EXAMPLE @{ A =1; B=2; C=3} | Write-StringHash -QuoteField $StringHash = @{ 'C' = '3' 'B' = '2' 'A' = '1' } .EXAMPLE @{ A =1; B=2; C=3} | Write-StringHash -Ordered $StringHash = ([ordered] @{ A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 }) .EXAMPLE @{A =1; C=3; B=2} | Write-StringHash -Ordered -VariableName MyHashTable $MyHashTable = ([ordered] @{ A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 }) .OUTPUTS [string[]] #> # todo Change += to System.Collections.Arraylist #region Parameter [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'None')] [OutputType('string')] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [psobject] $Hash, [string] $VariableName = 'StringHash', [switch] $Ordered, [switch] $QuoteField ) #endregion Parameter begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" $ReturnVal = @() $ReturnVal = [System.Collections.ArrayList]::new() if (-not (($Hash -is [System.Collections.Hashtable]) -or ($Hash -is [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]))) { Write-Error '$Hash needs to be either [System.Collections.Hashtable] or [System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary]' break } } process { if ($Ordered) { $null = $ReturnVal.Add("`$$VariableName = ([ordered] @{") $WorkingHash = $Hash.GetEnumerator() | Select-Object -Property Name, Value } else { $null = $ReturnVal.Add("`$$VariableName = @{") $WorkingHash = $Hash.GetEnumerator() | Select-Object -Property Name, Value } foreach ($CurEntry in $WorkingHash) { if ($QuoteField) { $null = $ReturnVal.Add(($CurEntry | ForEach-Object { " '{0}' = '{1}'" -f $_.Name, $_.value })) } else { $null = $ReturnVal.Add(($CurEntry | ForEach-Object { " {0} = '{1}'" -f $_.Name, $_.value })) } } if ($Ordered) { $null = $ReturnVal.Add('})') } else { $null = $ReturnVal.Add('}') } Write-Output -InputObject $ReturnVal } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" } } |