Blog: A handy Powershell filter for converting plain text to objects

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# converts text to objects via regex,
#  with properties corresponding to capture groups
filter ro
{
    param($pattern)
    
    if($_ -match $pattern)
    {
        $result = @{}
        $matches.Keys |?{ $_ } |%{
            $raw = $matches[$_]
            $asInt = 0
            $asFloat = 0.0
            $asDate = [datetime]::Now
            if([int]::TryParse($raw, [ref] $asInt)){ $result[$_] = $asInt }
            elseif([double]::TryParse($raw, [ref] $asFloat)){ $result[$_] = $asFloat }
            elseif([datetime]::TryParse($raw, [ref] $asDate)){ $result[$_] = $asDate }
            else{ $result[$_] = $raw }
        }
    [pscustomobject]$result
    }
}