Read-UserEntry

Created OnAugust 05, 2019

byJason G. Williscroft

This is a utility cmdlet that captures input from the user and validates it against a regex pattern. If a default value is provided, the user can accept it by pressing Enter.

Syntax

Read-UserEntry `
    -Label <string> `
    [-Description <string>] `
    [-Default <string>] `
    [-Pattern <string>]

Parameters

Parameter	R	Description
`Label`	*	Identifies the data being captured to the user. Example: `-Label "Height Above Sea Level"`
`Description`		Optional description and/or instructions for user entry. Example: `-Description "The target SQL Server database server address."`
`Default`		Default entry, which the user can accept by pressing the Enter key. Example: `-Default "0"`
`Pattern`		Regex pattern against which user input will be validated. Default: `".*"` Example: `-Pattern "\d+"`

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