Guid Regex powershell script

Question

Hi i need some help on a script, I want to create a single powershell file that, does a guid check then add it to one of the task groups in my pipeline

the Guid Regex I want to use:

^[a-f0-9]{8}-([a-f0-9]{4}-){3}[a-f0-9]{12}$

how will the script end up, using functions param etc

Answer 1

Hi @SakeriyeMohamud-4520 ,

maybe this helps to get started:

$guid = [guid]::NewGuid()
if ($guid -match("^[a-f0-9]{8}-([a-f0-9]{4}-){3}[a-f0-9]{12}$")) {
  Write-Output "Guid is valid .... do something"
}
else {
  Write-Output "Guid is not valid! .... do something else"
}

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

You already posted this question here. Please don't create new questions if you already have an existing one unless you are changing the question and/or consider linking to the original so others don't waste time recommending things that have already been recommended.

Answer 3

Hi @Michael Taylor ,

sorry, I didn't noticed the same question was posted with a different tag before.
I will close this thread than.

Her we go to the earlier question: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/805910/validate-regex-pattern-as-the-pipeline-starts.html

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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards
Andreas Baumgarten