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Function Get-CoinFlip {
    Param(
        $Heads = 'Heads',
        $Tails = 'Tails'
    )

    Get-Random $Heads,$Tails
}

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Function Format-ColourList {
    Param(
        #The input object to be formatted.
        [Parameter(Position=0,ValueFromPipeline)]
        $InputObject,
        
        #A hashtable of text to colour and the colour of that text. By default colours 'True' as Green and 'False' as Red.
        [Hashtable]$Colour = @{True = 'Green'; False = 'Red'}
    )
    Begin {

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[cmdletbinding()]
Param()
    
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Installs a module.
#>
Function Install-Module {
    [cmdletbinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
    Param (

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#As a function
Function Get-WorkingDays ($Date) {
    (0..((Get-Date $Date) - (Get-Date)).days | % { (Get-Date).AddDays($_) } | Where-Object DayOfWeek -notin 'Saturday','Sunday').count
}

Get-WorkingDays 15/09/2017

#One liner
(0..((Get-Date '15/09/2017') - (Get-Date)).days | % { (Get-Date).AddDays($_) } | ? DayOfWeek -notin 'Saturday','Sunday').count

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New User

Hello and welcome to StackOverflow. Please take some time to read the help page, especially the sections named ["What topics can I ask about here?"](http://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic) and ["What types of questions should I avoid asking?"](http://stackoverflow.com/help/dont-ask). And more importantly, please read [the Stack Overflow question checklist](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/156810/204922). You might also want to learn about [Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable Examples](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve).

Code Writing

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function Remove-WhiteSpace {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [string]$Path
        ,
        [Parameter()]
        [string]$Encoding = 'UTF8' #type FileSystemCmdletProviderEncoding is not public and does not match [System.Text.Encoding
   )
    process {

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function Write-Log {
    Param(
        $Message,
        $Path = "$env:USERPROFILE\log.txt"
    )

    function TS {Get-Date -Format 'hh:mm:ss'}
    "[$(TS)]$Message" | Tee-Object -FilePath $Path -Append | Write-Verbose
}

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#Generate the deck
$Suits = 'Hearts','Diamonds','Spades','Clubs'
$Pack = ForEach ($Suit in $Suits) { 
    2..10 + 'Jack','Queen','King','Ace' | ForEach-Object { "$_ of $Suit" }
}

#Shuffle the deck between 1 and 5 times
1..(Get-Random -Min 1 -Max 5) | ForEach-Object { $Pack = $Pack | Sort-Object {Get-Random} }

#Deal 5 cards to each player and sort them in natural order

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#https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730948.aspx


Get-Process

Get-Process | Select-Object Name, VM, PM -First 10

Get-Process | Select-Object Name, @{name='VirtualMemory (MB)'; expression={$_.VM / 1MB}}, PM -First 10 

Get-Process | Select-Object Name, @{name='VirtualMemory (MB)'; expression={ '{0:N2}' -f ($_.VM / 1MB)}}, PM -First 10

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Function Convert-DateProperties {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Converts string properties that have 'date' in their name to datetime properties, recursively in all levels of an object.
.PARAMETER object
    The object to convert.
.PARAMETER name
    The string that should be matched in the name property of the object. Default = 'Date'.
.EXAMPLE
    $MyObj | Convert-DateProperties