Confirm-Brackets.md

Confirm-Brackets

SYNOPSIS

Function to check and display (through indentation) pairing of braces, brackets, and parentheses '{[()]}

Script file

programming exercises\Confirm-Brackets.ps1

SYNTAX

Confirm-Brackets [-Code] <Object> [[-Indent] <Object>]

DESCRIPTION

Checks and displays (through indentation color and indicating the number of errors) pairing of different forms of brackets according to the following algorithm:

• last unclosed, first closed (LIFO)
• scan expression from left to right
• add opening parentheses to stack
• if closing bracket
  • check if stack is empty

EXAMPLES

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

Confirm-Brackets '4*(5+3/[8-2]{33])'

PARAMETERS

-Code

Code to check the pairing of brackets for (no checking of syntax can be any language)

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Indent

Indent to use when displaying the code (defaults to tab ("`t"))

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: 

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

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