Private/Select-ExactMatch.ps1
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function Select-ExactMatch { <# .SYNOPSIS Helper function, filters API data when infix search is used to provide an exact match .DESCRIPTION This function only selects exact matches based on the name provided in $Parameter .NOTES Written by Jaap Brasser for community usage Twitter: @jaap_brasser GitHub: jaapbrasser .EXAMPLE $result = Select-ExactMatch -Parameter Name -Result $Result Filters based on the Name parameter, only exact matches will be returned. Additional results supplied by the API endpoints will be filtered out #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [parameter(Mandatory)] [string] $Parameter, [parameter(Mandatory)] $Result ) begin { $Value = (Get-Variable -Name $Parameter).Value } process { $OldCount = @($Result).count $result = $result | Where-Object {$Value -eq $_.$Parameter} Write-Verbose ('Excluded results not matching -{0} ''{1}'' {2} object(s) filtered, {3} object(s) remaining' -f $Parameter,$Value,($OldCount-@($Result).count),@($Result).count) return $result } } |