Functions/Expand-String.ps1
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function Expand-String { [CmdletBinding()] param ([string]$ExpressionToExpand) #If its not a script then we #If its a script need to invoke it if ($ExpressionToExpand -is [String] ` -and $ExpressionToExpand.StartsWith("{") -and $ExpressionToExpand.EndsWith("}")) { Write-Verbose "evaluating script" try{ $Script = [scriptblock]::create($ExpressionToExpand).invoke() } Catch{ $errorString = "Failed to create script block from value '$ExpressionToExpand'" Throw $errorString } return $script.invoke() } else { Write-Verbose "evaluating string $ExpressionToExpand" return [scriptblock]::create("`"$ExpressionToExpand`"").invoke() } } |