#!/usr/bin/pwsh <# .SYNTAX list-anagrams.ps1 [] [] .DESCRIPTION lists all anagrams of the given word .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($Word = "", [int]$Columns = 8) function GetPermutations { [cmdletbinding()] Param( [parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True)] [string]$String = 'the' ) Begin { Function NewAnagram { Param([int]$NewSize) if ($NewSize -eq 1) { return } for ($i=0;$i -lt $NewSize; $i++) { NewAnagram -NewSize ($NewSize - 1) if ($NewSize -eq 2) { New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Permutation = $stringBuilder.ToString() } } MoveLeft -NewSize $NewSize } } Function MoveLeft { Param([int]$NewSize) $z = 0 $position = ($Size - $NewSize) [char]$temp = $stringBuilder[$position] for ($z=($position+1);$z -lt $Size; $z++) { $stringBuilder[($z-1)] = $stringBuilder[$z] } $stringBuilder[($z-1)] = $temp } } Process { $size = $String.length $stringBuilder = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder -ArgumentList $String NewAnagram -NewSize $Size } End {} } try { if ($Word -eq "" ) { $Word = read-host "Enter word" $Columns = read-host "Enter number of columns" } GetPermutations -String $Word | Format-Wide -Column $Columns exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }