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# Get the command name
$CommandName = $PSCmdlet.MyInvocation.InvocationName;
# Get the list of parameters for the command
$ParameterList = (Get-Command -Name $CommandName).Parameters;

# Grab each parameter value, using Get-Variable
foreach ($Parameter in $ParameterList) {
    Get-Variable -Name $Parameter.Values.Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
    #Get-Variable -Name $ParameterList;
}

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# test a command that should be called with certain parameters
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It 'should call the API with the expected parameters' {
    Mock -CommandName Invoke-RestMethod {
    } -Verifiable -ParameterFilter { $Uri -like 'https://api.telegram.org/bot*getStickerSet*' }
    # "https://api.telegram.org/bot$BotToken/getStickerSet"
    $getTelegramStickerPackInfoSplat = @{
        BotToken       = $token
        StickerSetName = 'STPicard'
    }

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# use generic list to add objects in a performant way
$starTrekShowInfo = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[string]
$starTrekShowInfo.Add('Star Trek: The Next Generation')

# use custom objects for high performance adds of custom object
$choiceArray = New-Object System.Collections.Generic.List[PSCustomObject]
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  old method which should no longer be used IAW:
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.arraylist?view=net-6.0
# adding stuff to emtpy array objects quickly

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$GetVM={Get-VM | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name}
$AutoCompleteVM = @{
    CommandName   = 'New-Foo'
    ParameterName = 'VMName'
    ScriptBlock   = $GetVM
}
Register-ArgumentCompleter @AutoCompleteVM  

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[string[]]('222.1.3.4','1.2.3.4' | % {[Version]$PSItem} | sort)

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iex "& { $(irm https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI"

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{
    "$help": "https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation",
    "$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
    "actions":
    [
        {
            "command":
            {
                "action": "copy",
                "singleLine": false

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{
    "if": {
        "prefix": "if",
        "body": ["if ${1:expression}:", "\t${2:pass}"],
        "description": "Code snippet for an if statement"
    },
    "if/else": {
        "prefix": "if/else",
        "body": ["if ${1:condition}:", "\t${2:pass}", "else:", "\t${3:pass}"],
        "description": "Code snippet for an if statement with else"

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{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/main/themes/schema.json",
  "blocks": [
    {
      "type": "prompt",
      "alignment": "left",
      "segments": [
        // {
        //   "type": "text",
        //   "style": "plain",

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#region installs

# core tech choco installs
$script:chocoCoreTech = @(
    # 'vscode' # visual studio code
    # 'python' # python
    # '7zip' # file archiver with good compression ratio
    # 'git' # git for windows
    # 'firefox' # firefox browser
)