PowerShell/docs/tell-joke.md

Script: tell-joke.ps1

This PowerShell script selects a random Chuck Norris joke in Data/jokes.csv and speaks it by text-to-speech (TTS).

Parameters

PS> ./tell-joke.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./tell-joke.ps1
(listen and enjoy)

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Tells a random joke by text-to-speech
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script selects a random Chuck Norris joke in Data/jokes.csv and speaks it by text-to-speech (TTS).
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./tell-joke.ps1
	(listen and enjoy)
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

try {
	$table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../data/jokes.csv"

	$randomNumberGenerator = New-Object System.Random
	$row = [int]$randomNumberGenerator.next(0, $table.count - 1)

	& "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" $table[$row].Joke
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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