<# .SYNOPSIS Lists all anagrams of the given word .DESCRIPTION This script lists all anagrams of the given word. .PARAMETER Word Specifies the word to use .PARAMETER Columns Specifies the number of columns .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-anagrams Baby .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> param([string]$Word = "", [int]$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 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }