Public/List/Convert-CommaSeparatedListToPlaintextTable.ps1
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function Convert-CommaSeparatedListToPlaintextTable { param ( [string] $InputText, [Int32] $SpacesBetweenWords = 5, [Int32] $WordsPerRow = 5 ) # Split the input text by commas $words = $InputText -split ',' # Determine the number of rows based on the total words and words per row $totalRows = [math]::Ceiling($words.Length / $wordsPerRow) # Calculate padding for each column $columnWidths = for ($i = 0; $i -lt $wordsPerRow; $i++) { ($words | Select-Object -Index ([int[]](0..($words.Count - 1)) | Where-Object { $_ % $wordsPerRow -eq $i })) | Measure-Object -Property Length -Maximum | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Maximum } # Generate the table for ($row = 0; $row -lt $totalRows; $row++) { $line = "" for ($col = 0; $col -lt $wordsPerRow; $col++) { $index = $row * $wordsPerRow + $col if ($index -lt $words.Length) { $word = $words[$index] # Add the word and padding spaces, adjust the padding based on the longest word in the column $padding = $columnWidths[$col] - $word.Length + $SpacesBetweenWords # Add extra spaces as per requirement $line += $word + (' ' * $padding) } } # Output the line $line.TrimEnd() } } |