public/writing/Get-SpectreEscapedText.ps1
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function Get-SpectreEscapedText { <# .SYNOPSIS Escapes text for use in Spectre Console. [ShaunLawrie/PwshSpectreConsole/issues/5](https://github.com/ShaunLawrie/PwshSpectreConsole/issues/5) .DESCRIPTION This function escapes text for use where Spectre Console accepts markup. It is intended to be used as a helper function for other functions that output text to the console using Spectre Console which contains special characters that need escaping. See [https://spectreconsole.net/markup](https://spectreconsole.net/markup) for more information about the markup language used in Spectre Console. .PARAMETER Text The text to be escaped. .EXAMPLE # This example shows some data that requires escaping being embedded in a string passed to Format-SpectrePanel. $data = "][[][]]][[][][][" Format-SpectrePanel -Title "Unescaped data" -Data "I want escaped $($data | Get-SpectreEscapedText) [yellow]and[/] [red]unescaped[/] data" #> [Reflection.AssemblyMetadata("title", "Get-SpectreEscapedText")] param ( [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, Mandatory)] [string] $Text ) return [Spectre.Console.Markup]::Escape($Text) } |