How to Use -confirm in PowerShell

Question

I\'m trying to take user input and before proceeding I would like get a message on screen and than a confirmation, whether user wants to proceed or not. I\'m using the follo

Answer 1

A slightly prettier function based on Ansgar Wiechers's answer. Whether it's actually more useful is a matter of debate.

function Read-Choice(
   [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Message,
   [Parameter(Mandatory)][string[]]$Choices,
   [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$DefaultChoice,
   [Parameter()][string]$Question='Are you sure you want to proceed?'
) {
    $defaultIndex = $Choices.IndexOf($DefaultChoice)
    if ($defaultIndex -lt 0) {
        throw "$DefaultChoice not found in choices"
    }

    $choiceObj = New-Object Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription]

    foreach($c in $Choices) {
        $choiceObj.Add((New-Object Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription -ArgumentList $c))
    }

    $decision = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice($Message, $Question, $choiceObj, $defaultIndex)
    return $Choices[$decision]
}

Example usage:

PS> $r = Read-Choice 'DANGER!!!!!!' '&apple','&blah','&car' '&blah'

DANGER!!!!!!
Are you sure you want to proceed?
[A] apple  [B] blah  [C] car  [?] Help (default is "B"): c
PS> switch($r) { '&car' { Write-host 'caaaaars!!!!' } '&blah' { Write-Host "It's a blah day" } '&apple' { Write-Host "I'd like to eat some apples!" } }
caaaaars!!!!