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powershell.json

{
  "Condition statement": {
    "prefix": "cond",
    "body": [
      "$1 { $0; break }"
    ],
    "description": "Switch condition statement"
  },
  "Condition single quoted string statement": {
    "prefix": "condsqstr",
    "body": [
      "'$1' { $0; break }"
    ],
    "description": "Switch condition single quoted string statement"
  },
  "Condition double quoted string statement": {
    "prefix": "conddqstr",
    "body": [
      "\"$1\" { $0; break }"
    ],
    "description": "Switch condition double quoted string statement"
  },
  "Condition expression statement": {
    "prefix": "condexpr",
    "body": [
      "{$1} { $0; break }"
    ],
    "description": "Switch condition expression statement"
  },
  "Do...while loop": {
    "prefix": "dowh",
    "body": [
      "do {",
      "\t$0",
      "} while (${1:expression});"
    ],
    "description": "Do...while loop"
  },
  "Do...until loop": {
    "prefix": "doun",
    "body": [
      "do {",
      "\t$0",
      "} until (${1:expression});"
    ],
    "description": "Do...until loop"
  },
  "Else statement": {
    "prefix": "else",
    "body": [
      "else {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Else statement"
  },
  "ElseIf statement": {
    "prefix": "elseif",
    "body": [
      "elseif (${1:expression}) {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Elseif statement"
  },
  "Foreach statement": {
    "prefix": "foreach",
    "body": [
      "foreach ($${1:item} in $${2:collection}) {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Foreach statement"
  },
  "For loop": {
    "prefix": "for",
    "body": [
      "for ($${1:ndx} = 0; $${1:ndx} -lt $${2:collection}.Count; $${1:ndx}++) {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "For loop"
  },
  "If statement": {
    "prefix": "if",
    "body": [
      "if (${1:expression}) {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "If statement"
  },
  "Reverse for loop": {
    "prefix": "forr",
    "body": [
      "for ($${1:ndx} = $${2:collection}.Count - 1; $${1:ndx} -ge 0; $${1:ndx}--) {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Reverse for loop"
  },
  "Switch statement": {
    "prefix": "switch",
    "body": [
      "switch (${1:expression}) {",
      "\t${2:condition} { $0; break }",
      "\tDefault {}",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Switch statement"
  },
  "Try catch": {
    "prefix": "try",
    "body": [
      "try {",
      "\t$0",
      "}",
      "catch {",
      "\t# Exception is stored in the automatic variable \\$_",
      "\t",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Try catch"
  },
  "Try catch finally": {
    "prefix": "trycf",
    "body": [
      "try {",
      "\t$0",
      "}",
      "catch {",
      "\t# Exception is stored in the automatic variable \\$_",
      "\t",
      "}",
      "finally {",
      "\t",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Try catch finally"
  },
  "Try finally": {
    "prefix": "tryf",
    "body": [
      "try {",
      "\t$0",
      "}",
      "finally {",
      "\t",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Try finally"
  },
  "While loop": {
    "prefix": "while",
    "body": [
      "while (${1:expression}) {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "While loop"
  },
  "Class": {
    "prefix": "class",
    "body": [
      "class ${1:name} {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Class"
  },
  "Enum": {
    "prefix": "enum",
    "body": [
      "enum ${1:name} {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Enum"
  },
  "Method": {
    "prefix": "meth",
    "body": [
      "[${1:return_type}] ${2:name}() {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Method"
  },
  "Property": {
    "prefix": "prop",
    "body": [
      "[${1:type}] $${0:name}"
    ],
    "description": "Class property"
  },
  "Property hidden": {
    "prefix": "proph",
    "body": [
      "hidden [${1:type}] $${0:name}"
    ],
    "description": "Hidden class property"
  },
  "Function": {
    "prefix": "func",
    "body": [
      "function ${1:name}() {",
      "\t$0",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Function"
  },
  "Function advanced": {
    "prefix": "funcadv",
    "body": [
      "<#",
      ".SYNOPSIS",
      "\tShort description",
      ".DESCRIPTION",
      "\tLong description",
      ".EXAMPLE",
      "\tExample of how to use this cmdlet",
      ".EXAMPLE",
      "\tAnother example of how to use this cmdlet",
      "#>",
      "function ${1:verb}-${2:noun} {",
      "\t[CmdletBinding()]",
      "\t[OutputType([${3:type}])]",
      "\tparam(",
      "\t\t[Parameter(Mandatory=\\$true)]",
      "\t\t[string]",
      "\t\t$${4:parameter_name}",
      "\t)",
      "\t",
      "\tbegin {",
      "\t}",
      "\t",
      "\tprocess {",
      "\t\t$0",
      "\t}",
      "\t",
      "\tend {",
      "\t}",
      "}"
    ],
    "description": "Advanced function"
  },
  "Help": {
    "prefix": "help",
    "body": [
      "<#",
      ".SYNOPSIS",
      "\tShort description",
      ".DESCRIPTION",
      "\tLong description",
      ".PARAMETER Path",
      "\tSpecifies a path to one or more locations.",
      ".PARAMETER LiteralPath",
      "\tSpecifies a path to one or more locations. Unlike Path, the value of LiteralPath is used exactly as it",
      "\tis typed. No characters are interpreted as wildcards. If the path includes escape characters, enclose",
      "\tit in single quotation marks. Single quotation marks tell Windows PowerShell not to interpret any",
      "\tcharacters as escape sequences.",
      ".PARAMETER InputObject",
      "\tSpecifies the object to be processed.  You can also pipe the objects to this command.",
      ".EXAMPLE",
      "\tPS>",
      "\tExample of how to use this cmdlet",
      ".EXAMPLE",
      "\tPS>",
      "\tAnother example of how to use this cmdlet",
      ".INPUTS",
      "\tInputs to this cmdlet (if any)",
      ".OUTPUTS",
      "\tOutput from this cmdlet (if any)",
      ".NOTES",
      "\tGeneral notes",
      ".COMPONENT",
      "\tThe component this cmdlet belongs to",
      ".ROLE",
      "\tThe role this cmdlet belongs to",
      ".FUNCTIONALITY",
      "\tThe functionality that best describes this cmdlet",
      "#>"
    ],
    "description": "Help comment block"
  }
}

@WilliamWesse Corrected. Thanks!

I'm very new to VS code but I stumbled across your snippets while learning about them. I'm running version 1.48.1 of VS Code and all of the variables show up with the brackets around them when I call the snippet. However, if I modify the variable in the snippet to be $$variable instead of ${$variable} it shows up correctly when called.

I just want to echo thatpwoershellguy. Are the variables supposed to be surrounded by curly brackets? I don't think this is working as intended.

I updated the Gist to fix a number of those issues. Thanks for pointing those out.