Read-SpectreText
Synopsis
Prompts the user with a question and returns the user’s input.
Description
This function uses Spectre Console to prompt the user with a question and returns the user’s input. The function takes two parameters: $Question and $DefaultAnswer. $Question is the question to prompt the user with, and $DefaultAnswer is the default answer if the user does not provide any input.
Examples
This will prompt the user with the question “What’s your name?” and return the user’s input. If the user does not provide any input, the function will return “Prefer not to say”.
Read-SpectreText -Question "What's your name?" -DefaultAnswer "Prefer not to say"Parameters
Question
The question to prompt the user with.
| Type | Required | Position | PipelineInput |
|---|---|---|---|
[String] | false | 1 | false |
DefaultAnswer
The default answer if the user does not provide any input.
| Type | Required | Position | PipelineInput |
|---|---|---|---|
[String] | false | 2 | false |
AllowEmpty
If specified, the user can provide an empty answer.
| Type | Required | Position | PipelineInput |
|---|---|---|---|
[Switch] | false | named | false |
Syntax
Read-SpectreText [[-Question] <String>] [[-DefaultAnswer] <String>] [-AllowEmpty] [<CommonParameters>]