PowerShell snippet: Get-Choice

class Choice {    
    [string] $Key;
    [string] $Option;
    Choice($Key, $Option) {
        $this.Key = $Key
        $this.Option = $Option
    }
}
<# 
 .Synopsis
  Read userinput and validate against choices
 .Description
  Read userinput and validate against choices. Must match one of the keys. Not case sensitive.
 .Parameter Prompt
  Text to show when waiting for input
 .Parameter Choices
  List of Choice elements
 .Parameter NoHints
  Don't show list of hints for Choices
 .Example
  $MyChoices = @(
      [Choice]::new('yes', 'Let me continue'), 
      [Choice]::new('no', 'I want to stop')
  )
  $key = Get-Choice -Prompt "Do you want to continue?" -Choices $MyChoices
#>
function Get-Choice {
    #    [OutputType([string])]
    param (
        [string]$Prompt,
        [Choice[]]$Choices,
        [switch]$NoHints
    )
    $Hints = ""
    $Comma = ""
    $Opts = ""
    $Sep = ""
    $Choices | ForEach-Object {
        $Hints = $Hints + $Comma + '[' + $_.Key + '] ' + $_.Option
        $Comma = ', '
        $Opts = $Opts + $Sep + $_.Key 
        $Sep = '|'
    }
    if (-not $NoHints) {
        Write-Host $Hints
    }
    $pattern = $Opts.ToLower()
    $pattern = "¤¤$pattern¤¤" -replace "\|", "¤¤|¤¤"
    $ok = $false
    while (-not $ok) {
        [string]$userinput = (Read-Host -Prompt "$Prompt ($Opts)").ToLower()
        $userinput = ("¤¤$userinput¤¤" | Select-String -Pattern $pattern) -replace "¤¤" , ""
        $ok = ("$userinput" -ne "")
    }
    return $userinput
} # Get-Choice