internal/ConvertTo-UnicodeEscape.ps1
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function ConvertTo-UnicodeEscape { <# .SYNOPSIS Escapes non-ascii characters in a given string .DESCRIPTION Escapes non-ascii characters in a given string .EXAMPLE PS C:\> 'A Náme' | ConvertTo-UnicodeEscape Escapes the `á` to json compliant `\u00E1` .EXAMPLE PS C:\> $data | ConvertTo-Json -Compress | ConvertTo-UnicodeEscape Converts `$data` to json and escapes any non ascii characters #> [CmdletBinding()] Param ( # String to escape [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)] [String] $InputObject ) $output = '' foreach ($char in $InputObject.GetEnumerator()) { $i = [int]$char if ($i -lt 128) { Write-Debug -Message "$char ($i) does not need escaping." $output += $char } else { Write-Debug -Message "$char ($i) needs escaping." $hex = '{0:X}' -f $i Write-Debug -Message "Character as hex: $hex" $escape = '\u' + $hex.PadLeft(4, '0') Write-Debug -Message "Full escape sequence: $escape" $output += $escape } } $output } |