[Advanced Paste > Paste as JSON] Adding an Ini file parser

[htcfreek]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Currently only xml, CSV and plain text are interpreted. It would be great if also Ini file content can be interpreted for conversation to json.

Scenario when this would be used?

When I need to convert from Ini file to JSON.

Supporting information

We need a small parser like this:

    $ini = @{}
    switch -regex ($iniData)
    {
        “^\[(.+)\]” # Section
        {
            $section = $matches[1]
            $ini[$section] = @{}
        }
        “(.+?)\s*=\s*(.*)” # Key-Value-Pair
        {
            $name,$value = $matches[1..2]
            $ini[$section][$name] = $value
        }
    }

    # Return ($null if no results)
    if ($ini.Count -eq 0) {
        $ini = $null
    }
    return $ini

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[htcfreek]

Notes to me:

• object: dict<string,dict<string,string>>
• insert before csv parsing
• regex for detection: ^<section>\n<kvp>

[htcfreek]

This is released with PowerToys 0.82.0