Powershell.org DEC 2015 Powershell Games

gistfile1.txt

$list = @"
1 Partridge in a pear tree
2 Turtle Doves
3 French Hens
4 Calling Birds
5 Golden Rings
6 Geese a laying
7 Swans a swimming
8 Maids a milking
9 Ladies dancing
10 Lords a leaping
11 Pipers piping
12 Drummers drumming
"@

Write-Output "Solution 1:`n`n"
$List -Split "`n" | sort length
"`n-----------`n"

Write-Output "Solution 1 Bonus: `n`n"
(($List -Split "`n") -Replace '\d*','').trim() | sort length
"`n------------`n"

 Write-Output "Solution 2:`n`n"
$Gifts = $List -Split "`n" | Select-Object @{Name='Item';Expression={($_ -Replace '\d*','').trim()}}, @{Name='Count';Expression={$_ -Replace '\D',''}}

$Gifts

"`n-----------`n"   

 Write-Output "Solution 3:`n`n"

 $Birds = 'Partridge','Doves','Hens','Birds','Geese','Swans'
 $BirdCount = 0
 $Gifts | Foreach {
    $Gift = $_
    $Birds | Foreach { if ( $Gift -Match $_ ) { $BirdCount += $Gift.Count } }
 }

 "Total of BirdRelated Items = $BirdCount"

 "`n-----------`n"

Write-Output "Solution 4:`n`n"


$NumGifts = ($Gifts | Select -ExpandProperty count | measure-object -sum).sum

Write-Output "Total Number of Gifts = $NumGifts"