winutil/functions/private/Get-LocalizedYesNo.ps1
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function Get-LocalizedYesNo {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
This function runs choice.exe and captures its output to extract yes no in a localized Windows
.DESCRIPTION
The function retrieves the output of the command 'cmd /c "choice <nul 2>nul"' and converts the default output for Yes and No
in the localized format, such as "Yes=<first character>, No=<second character>".
.EXAMPLE
$yesNoArray = Get-LocalizedYesNo
Write-Host "Yes=$($yesNoArray[0]), No=$($yesNoArray[1])"
#>
# Run choice and capture its options as output
# The output shows the options for Yes and No as "[Y,N]?" in the (partitially) localized format.
# eg. English: [Y,N]?
# Dutch: [Y,N]?
# German: [J,N]?
# French: [O,N]?
# Spanish: [S,N]?
# Italian: [S,N]?
# Russian: [Y,N]?
$line = cmd /c "choice <nul 2>nul"
$charactersArray = @()
$regexPattern = '([a-zA-Z])'
$charactersArray = [regex]::Matches($line, $regexPattern) | ForEach-Object { $_.Groups[1].Value }
Write-Debug "According to takeown.exe local Yes is $charactersArray[0]"
# Return the array of characters
return $charactersArray
}