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Created February 10, 2025 20:01
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  1. steviecoaster created this gist Feb 10, 2025.
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    function New-UserPrompt {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Generate a simple user prompt
    .DESCRIPTION
    Long description
    .PARAMETER Options
    An array of choices a user can select from
    .EXAMPLE
    New-UserPrompt -Options 'Larry','Curly','Moe'
    #>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
    [Parameter()]
    [String[]]
    $Options
    )

    end {

    $x = 1
    foreach($o in $Options){
    '{0}. {1}' -f $x,$o
    $x++
    }

    [int]$prompts = $x -1
    $choice = Read-Host -Prompt "Select option (1-$prompts)"

    if([int]$choice -gt $prompts){
    throw "Invalid option. Please choose between 1 and $prompts!"
    } else {
    $Options[($choice - 1)]
    }
    }
    }