public/Get-DocRef.ps1
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function Get-DocRef { <# .SYNOPSIS Opens link to Microsoft Doc for Variable Data Type .DESCRIPTION Opens a link in a web browser to the Microsoft Doc page for the data type associated with a PowerShell variable. The Search parameter searches Google for the variable type, for situations when there is no direct MS Doc page available. .PARAMETER VariableRef PowerShell variable (object) .PARAMETER Search Switch to perform search instead of direct link .EXAMPLE $myVar | Get-DocRef If $myVar is of type System.Array, opens .LINK https://github.com/Skatterbrainz/ds-utils/blob/master/docs/Get-DocRef.md #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType()] param ( [parameter(Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline=$true,Position=0)] $VariableRef, [parameter()][switch] $Search ) if ($null -ne $VariableRef) { $vtype = $VariableRef.GetType().BaseType.FullName if ($Search) { $url = "https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&q=site%3Adocs.microsoft.com`+$vtype" } else { $url = "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/$vtype" } Write-Host "Requesting: $url" Start-Process $url } } |