From f5edd17069812f45adf14b1b5ffd5783ef3c8571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niels de Groot <niels.de.groot.nh@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 20:45:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Replace hardcoded delimiter with a parameter and pass it
 along to Convert-FromCsv. To be used in cases where the fixedwidth data
 contains a comma.

---
 .../functions/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth.ps1                 | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth/functions/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth.ps1 b/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth/functions/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth.ps1
index ac1fe2d..52c37df 100644
--- a/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth/functions/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth.ps1
+++ b/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth/functions/ConvertFrom-FixedWidth.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 function ConvertFrom-FixedWidth {
     Param(
         [parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [object] $FixedWidthTableText,
-        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [object] $ColumnIndexArray
+        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [object] $ColumnIndexArray,
+        [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string] $Delimiter = ","
     )
 
     $columns = $ColumnIndexArray | Sort-Object    
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ function ConvertFrom-FixedWidth {
             $currentIndex = $_
 
             if ($firstColumn -ne $true) {
-                $newLine = $newLine + ","
+                $newLine = $newLine + $Delimiter
             }
 
             $newLine = $newLine + $line.Substring($priorIndex, $currentIndex - $priorIndex).Trim()
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@ function ConvertFrom-FixedWidth {
             $firstColumn = $false
         }
 
-        $newLine = $newLine +"," + $_.Substring($currentIndex, $_.Length-$currentIndex).Trim()
+        $newLine = $newLine + $Delimiter + $_.Substring($currentIndex, $_.Length-$currentIndex).Trim()
         $newLine
     }
 
-    $converted = $delimited | ConvertFrom-Csv
+    $converted = $delimited | ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter $Delimiter
 
     return $converted
 }
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