baseModules/PPoShTools/0.1.21/Public/Csv/Test-ColumnIsValid.ps1
function Test-ColumnIsValid { <# .SYNOPSIS Validates a column value in a single CSV row. .DESCRIPTION It is useful in Get-CsvData / Get-ValidationRules to validate columns read from CSV row. It returns empty array if the value is valid, or array of error messages if it's invalid. .EXAMPLE $errors += Test-ColumnIsValid -Row $CsvRow -ColumnName 'Login' -NonEmpty -NotContains '?', ' ' $errors += Test-ColumnIsValid -Row $CsvRow -ColumnName 'Name' -NonEmpty -NotContains '?' $errors += Test-ColumnIsValid -Row $CsvRow -ColumnName 'StartDate' -DateFormat 'yyyy-MM-dd' $errors += Test-ColumnIsValid -Row $CsvRow -ColumnName 'Gender' -ValidSet '', 'F', 'M' #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([string[]])] param( # CSV row (or any other PSCustomObject). [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [PSCustomObject] $Row, # Name of the column which will be validated. [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $ColumnName, # If $true, it will be asserted the column value is not empty. [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [switch] $NonEmpty, # If specified, it will be asserted the column value does not contain any of the specified string. [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string[]] $NotContains, # If specified, it will be asserted the column value is one of the specified string. [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string[]] $ValidSet, # If specified, it will be asserted the column value can be converted to a date using specified format. [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string] $DateFormat ) $errors = @() try { $value = $Row.$ColumnName } catch { $value = $null } if (!$value) { if ($NonEmpty) { $errors += "$ColumnName is missing" } return $errors } if ($NotContains) { foreach ($illegalChar in $NotContains) { if ([char[]]$value -icontains $illegalChar) { $errors += "$ColumnName has invalid value ('$value') - contains illegal character: '$illegalChar'" } } } if ($ValidSet) { $ok = $false foreach ($validValue in $ValidSet) { if ($value -ieq $validValue) { $ok = $true break } } if (!$ok) { $errors += "$ColumnName has invalid value ('$value') - should be one of '{0}'." -f ($ValidSet -join "', ") } } if ($DateFormat) { [datetime]$date = New-Object -TypeName DateTime $success = [DateTime]::TryParseExact($String, $DateFormat, [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture, [System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles]::None, [ref]$date) if (!$success) { $errors += "$ColumnName has invalid value ('$value') - should be a date in format '$DateFormat'" } } return $errors } |