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Task/Menu/PowerShell/menu.psh

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+function Select-TextItem
+{
+  <#
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        Prints a textual menu formatted as an index value followed by its corresponding string for each object in the list.
+    .DESCRIPTION
+        Prints a textual menu formatted as an index value followed by its corresponding string for each object in the list;
+        Prompts the user to enter a number;
+        Returns an object corresponding to the selected index number.
+    .PARAMETER InputObject
+        An array of objects.
+    .PARAMETER Prompt
+        The menu prompt string.
+    .EXAMPLE
+        “fee fie”, “huff and puff”, “mirror mirror”, “tick tock” | Select-TextItem
+    .EXAMPLE
+        “huff and puff”, “fee fie”, “tick tock”, “mirror mirror” | Sort-Object | Select-TextItem -Prompt "Select a string"
+    .EXAMPLE
+        Select-TextItem -InputObject (Get-Process)
+    .EXAMPLE
+        (Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.Name -match "notepad"}) | Select-TextItem -Prompt "Select a Process" | Stop-Process -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+  #>
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    Param
+    (
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
+                   ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+        $InputObject,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
+        [string]
+        $Prompt = "Enter Selection"
+    )
+
+    Begin
+    {
+        $menuOptions = @()
+    }
+    Process
+    {
+        $menuOptions += $InputObject
+    }
+    End
+    {
+        if(!$inputObject){
+            return ""
+        }
+        do
+        {
+            [int]$optionNumber = 1
+
+            foreach ($option in $menuOptions)
+            {
+                Write-Host ("{0,3}: {1}" -f $optionNumber,$option)
+
+                $optionNumber++
+            }
+
+            Write-Host ("{0,3}: {1}" -f 0,"To cancel")
+
+            $choice = Read-Host $Prompt
+
+            $selectedValue = ""
+
+            if ($choice -gt 0 -and $choice -le $menuOptions.Count)
+            {
+                $selectedValue = $menuOptions[$choice - 1]
+            }
+
+        }
+        until ($choice -match "^[0-9]+$" -and ($choice -eq 0 -or $choice -le $menuOptions.Count))
+
+        return $selectedValue
+    }
+}
+
+“fee fie”, “huff and puff”, “mirror mirror”, “tick tock” | Select-TextItem -Prompt "Select a string"