# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Read-Choice
# description: A wrapper for $Host.UI.PromptForChoice (fixed a copy-paste error)
# version: 0.1
# type: function
# author: Joel Bennett
# license: CC0
# function: Read-Choice
# x-poshcode-id: 1742
# x-archived: 2015-11-28T15:13:04
# x-published: 2010-04-06T20:11:00
#
#
function Read-Choice {
#.Synopsis
# Prompt the user for a choice, and return the (0-based) index of the selected item
#.Parameter Message
# The question to ask
#.Parameter Choices
# An array of strings representing the "menu" items, with optional ampersands (&) in them to mark (unique) characters to be used to select each item
#.Parameter DefaultChoice
# The (0-based) index of the menu item to select by default (defaults to zero).
#.Parameter Title
# An additional caption that can be displayed (usually above the Message) as part of the prompt
#.Example
# Read-Choice "WEBPAGE BUILDER MENU" "Create Webpage","View HTML code","Publish Webpage","Remove Webpage","E&xit"
PARAM([string]$message, [string[]]$choices, [int]$defaultChoice=0, [string]$Title=$null )
if($choices[0].IndexOf('&') -lt 0) {
$i = 0;
$choices = $choices | ForEach-Object {
if($_ -notmatch '&.') { "&$i $_" } else { $_ }
$i++
}
}
$Host.UI.PromptForChoice( $Title, $message, [Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]]$choices, $defaultChoice )
}