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October 30, 2017 18:09
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Get meaning for a given word from dictionary.com using PowerShell
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function Get-Meaning | |
{ | |
Param | |
( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)] | |
[String] $Word | |
) | |
$Uri = "http://www.dictionary.com/browse/$Word" | |
$ElementTagName = 'div' | |
$ClassName = 'def-content' | |
try { | |
$Data = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $Uri | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Error: No word found! `nCheck the spelling and try again." | |
break | |
} | |
$Elements = ($Data.ParsedHtml.getElementsByTagName($ElementTagName) | Where-Object {$_.className -eq $ClassName}).innerText | |
$OutLines = @() | |
$Elements | ForEach-Object {$OutLines += '>> ' + $_.Trim()} | |
$OriginalColor = $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor | |
$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = 'Green' | |
$OutLines | Select-Object -First 3 | |
$OutLines = $OutLines | Select-Object -Skip 3 | |
foreach ($PrintLine in $OutLines) | |
{ | |
$origpos = $Host.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition | |
$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = $OriginalColor | |
Write-Host -NoNewline '-- More -- (Ctrl+C to exit)' | |
$KeyEntered = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyUp") | |
if ($KeyEntered.VirtualKeyCode -eq 17) | |
{ | |
$KeyHold = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyUp") | |
if ($KeyHold.VirtualKeyCode -eq 67) | |
{ | |
break | |
} | |
} | |
$Host.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition = $origpos | |
' ' * 40 | |
$Host.UI.RawUI.CursorPosition = $origpos | |
$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = 'DarkGreen' | |
$PrintLine | |
} | |
$Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = $OriginalColor | |
} |
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