ISESteroids

2.7.1.5

Fixer/Character Operations/Illegal Characters/IllegalCharacters.ps1

                                # Replaces individual ASCII and UNICODE characters

# use this to change illegal characters

# illegal characters may be introduced when scripts are copied from

# web pages or text editors, and typographic changes were made

& {

    # get access to the editor:

    $Editor = Get-SteroidsEditor

    # get script content:

    $text = $Editor.Text

    # this table controls character replacements

    # the KEY is the hexadecimal value of the character to replace

    # four-digit numbers represent UNICODE characters

    # the VALUE is the character that is used as replacement

    $replacementTable = @{

        # UNICODE characters to replace:

        '2013' = '-'

        '2014' = '-'

        '2015' = '-'

        '201C' = '"'

        '201D' = '"'

        '201E' = '"'

        '2018' = "'"

        '2019' = "'"

        '201A' = "'"

        '201B' = "'"

        '2033' = '"'

        '00BB' = '"'

        '02BA' = '"'

        '02BB' = "'"

        '02BC' = "'"

        '02BD' = "'"

        '02DD' = '"'

        '02EE' = '"'

        '02F5' = '"'

        '02F6' = '"'

        '030B' = '"'

        '030F' = '"'

        '0312' = "'"

        '0313' = "'"

        '0314' = "'"

        '0315' = "'"

        # ASCII Codes to replace:

        '0001' = ''

        '0002' = ''

        '0003' = ''

        '0004' = ''

        '0005' = ''

        '0006' = ''

        '0007' = ''

        '0008' = ''

        '000B' = ''

        '000C' = ''

        '000E' = ''

        '000F' = ''

    }

    # loop through the characters that need replacements

    foreach($UnicodeChar in $replacementTable.Keys)

    {

        # find the instances using a regular expression

        # the return value is always a pair of two:

        # - a MatchCollection returned by Match()

        # - and a string containing the desired replacement character

        [Regex]::Matches($text, "\u$UnicodeChar") | Add-SteroidsTextChange -ReplacementText $replacementTable[$UnicodeChar]

    }

    # finalize all changes:

    Invoke-SteroidsTextChange  

}