<#
.description Takes a dictionary, or list of dictionaries, and returns
them in a canonical order. This means that dictionary's keys are in
lexicographically sorted order, and its values are also recursively
canonicalized.

For arrays the order of their elements is unchanged, but their elements
itself are recursively canonicalized. Things other than arrays and hashes
are unchanged.
#>
function Canonicalize-Dictionary {
    param ($element)
    
    if ($element -IsNot [Array] -And $element -IsNot [Hashtable]) {
        return $element
    }
        
    if ($element -Is [Hashtable]) {
        $newDictionary = [ordered]@{}
        foreach ($key in $element.Keys | Sort-Object) {
            $value = $element[$key]
            $newDictionary[$key] = Canonicalize-Dictionary($value)
        }
        return $newDictionary
    }

    if ($element -Is [Array]) {
        $newArray = @()
        foreach ($key in $element) {
            $newArray += Canonicalize-Dictionary($key)
        }
        return $newArray
    }
    
    Write-Error -Message "Logic error" -ErrorAction Stop
}

> $test1 = @{'1' = 2; '2' = 4}
> Canonicalize-Dictionary($test1)

> $test2 = @{1 = 2; 2 = 4}
> Canonicalize-Dictionary($test2)

Xarn fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Mar 9, 2021

    if ($element -Is [Array]) {
        $newArray = @()
        foreach ($key in $element) {
            $newArray += Canonicalize-Dictionary($key)
        }
        return $newArray
    }

Xarn fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Mar 10, 2021

[string]$ArgList = '-i "({0})" "{1}"' -f $_, $newSong

Unrecognized option 'i (15'.
Error splitting the argument list: Option not found

hooah fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Apr 17, 2021

PS C:\temp> $foo = get-item .\testfile.txt
PS C:\temp> $foo


    Directory: C:\temp


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
-a----         4/17/2021  12:37 PM              0 testfile.txt


PS C:\temp> $foo.basename
testfile
PS C:\temp> "$foo.basename"
C:\temp\testfile.txt.basename
PS C:\temp> "$($foo.basename).suffix"
testfile.suffix
PS C:\temp>

Happiness Commando fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Apr 17, 2021

friendbot2000 fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Jun 9, 2021