functions/Read-EBMdDataSection.ps1
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function Read-EBMdDataSection { <# .SYNOPSIS A simple string-data parser. .DESCRIPTION A simple string-data parser. Ignores empty lines. Skips lines that do not contain a ":" symbol. Will process each other line into key/value pairs, reading them as: <key>:<value> Each value will be trimmed and processed as string. Each key will be trimmed and have any leading "- " or "+ " elements removed. .PARAMETER Lines The lines of text to process. .PARAMETER Data An extra hashtable to merge with the parsing results. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> $Data.Lines | Read-EBMdDataSection -Data $Data.Attributes Parses all lines, merges them with the hashtable in $Data.Attributes and returns the resultant hashtable. #> [OutputType([hashtable])] [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)] [AllowEmptyString()] [string[]] $Lines, [hashtable] $Data = @{ } ) begin { $result = @{ } $result += $Data } process { foreach ($line in $Lines | Get-SubString) { if (-not $line) { continue } if ($line -notlike "*:*") { continue } $name, $value = $line -split ":", 2 $result[$name.Trim('-+ ')] = $value.Trim() } } end { $result } } |