New-StringConversion

New-StringConversion is a flexible yet powerful PowerShell function aimed to help Systems Administrators sanitise any string containing non unicode characters replacing them with unicode ones.

New-StringConversion can be used, for example, to normalise usernames for Active Directory users that are using special characters.

Function implements a default translation table containing all commonly used non unicode characters but also allows a user to specify a custom table at runtime via the UnicodeHashTable parameter.

By default all white spaces are replaced by a dash (-) symbol but user can specify any custom character to use via the ReplaceSpace parameter.

White spaces in the string can also be ignored, IgnoreSpaces parameter, or removed completely, RemoveSpaces parameter.

If a special character not defined in the conversion table is encountered in the string it will be replaced, by default, with a question mark (?) but any other character can be used via the UnknownCharacter parameter.

Sample Usage

While online help is available directly in the function some sample usage scenarios are described below.

Normalize String Only

Default usage, normalize a string containing special characters

New-StringConversion -StringToConvert 'Die große Lösung und die lästigen Formalien'

Will print

Die-grosse-Losung-und-die-lastigen-Formalien

Normalize String and Ignore White Spaces

Normalize string without removing any white space

New-StringConversion -StringToConvert 'Die große Lösung und die lästigen Formalien' -IgnoreSpaces

Will print

Die grosse Losung und die lastenden Formalien

Normalize String and Replace White Spaces

Normalize string replacing white spaces with the character specified by the user

New-StringConversion -StringToConvert 'Die große Lösung und die lästigen Formalien' -ReplaceSpaces '..'

Will print

Die..grosse..Losung..und..die..lastenden..Formalien

License

PsCustomObject/New-StringConversion

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