#
# Source: DotJim blog (http://dandraka.com)
# Jim Andrakakis, November 2018
#
# Here goes the C# code:
Add-Type -Language CSharp @"
using System; 
namespace DotJim.Powershell 
{
    public static class Magician 
    {
        private static string spell = ""; 
        public static void DoMagic(string magicSpell) 
        {
            spell = magicSpell; 
        }
        public static string GetMagicSpells() 
        {
            return "Wingardium Leviosa\r\n" + spell; 
        }
    }
}
"@;

# And here's how to call it:
[DotJim.Powershell.Magician]::DoMagic("Expelliarmus")
$spell = [DotJim.Powershell.Magician]::GetMagicSpells()

Write-Host $spell

#
# Source: DotJim blog (https://dandraka.com)
# Jim Andrakakis, November 2018
#
# Here goes the C# code:
Add-Type -Language CSharp @"
using System; 
namespace DotJim.Powershell 
{
    public class Magician 
    {
        private string spell = ""; 
        public void DoMagic(string magicSpell) 
        {
            spell = magicSpell; 
        }
        public string GetMagicSpells() 
        {
            return "Wingardium Leviosa\r\n" + spell; 
        }
    }
}
"@;

# Here's how to create an instance:
$houdini = New-Object -TypeName DotJim.Powershell.Magician
# And here's how to call it:
$houdini.DoMagic("Expelliarmus")
$spell = $houdini.GetMagicSpells()

Write-Host $spell

#
# Source: DotJim blog (http://dandraka.com)
# Jim Andrakakis, November 2018
#
# The purpose of this script is to read a CSV file with bank data
# and transform it into a different CSV.
#
# 1. The Bank class is a POCO to hold the data which I need
#    from every line of the CSV file.
# 2. The Add() method of the BankAggregator class adds the
#    record to the list after checking the data for correctness.
# 3. The Get() methof of the BankAggregator class does a
#    LINQ query to get the 1st (max BankNr) bank record
#    from every record with the same Country/BIC.
#    It then returns a list of strings, formatted the way
#    I want for the new (transformed) CSV file.
#
# Here is where I inline the C# code:
Add-Type -Language CSharp @"
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
namespace DotJim.Powershell {
 public class Bank {
  public int BankNr;
  public string Country;
  public string BIC;
 }
 public static class BankAggregator {
  private static List list = new List();
  public static void Add(string country, string bic, string bankNr) {
   //For debugging
   //Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}{3}{1}{3}{3}{2}", country, bic, bankNr, ";"));
   int mBankNr;
   // Check data for correctness, discard if not ok
   if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(country) ||
    country.Length != 2 ||
    string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(bic) ||
    string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(bankNr) ||
    !int.TryParse(bankNr, out mBankNr) ||
    mBankNr & gt; = 0) {
    return;
   }
   list.Add(new Bank() {
    BankNr = mBankNr, Country = country, BIC = bic
   });
  }
  public static List Get(string delimiter) {
   // For every record with the same Country & BIC, keep only
   // the record with the highest BankNr
   var bankList = from b in list
   group b by new {
    b.Country, b.BIC
   }
   into bankGrp
   let maxBankNr = bankGrp.Max(x = & gt; x.BankNr)
   select new Bank {
    Country = bankGrp.Key.Country,
     BIC = bankGrp.Key.BIC,
     BankNr = maxBankNr
   };
   // Format the list the way I want the new CSV file to look
   return bankList.Select(x = & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; gt; string.Format("{0}{3}{1}{3}{3}{2}",
    x.Country, x.BIC, x.BankNr, delimiter)).ToList();
  }
 }
}
"@;

# Read one or more files with bank data from the same dir
# where the script is located ($PSScriptRoot)
$srcSearchStr = "source_bankdata*.csv"
$SourcePath = $PSScriptRoot
$destPath = $SourcePath

$fields = @("Country","BIC","EmptyField","BankId")

$filesList = Get-ChildItem -Path $SourcePath -Filter $srcSearchStr

foreach ($file in $filesList)
{
Write-Host "Processing" $file.FullName

# Fields in the source CSV:
# BANKNUMMER  = BankNr
# BANKLAND    = Country
# BANKSWIFT   = BIC
$data = Import-Csv -Path $file.FullName -Delimiter ";"

foreach ($item in $data)
{
# Call the C# code to add the CSV lines to the list
[DotJim.Powershell.BankAggregator]::Add($item.BANKLAND,$item.BANKSWIFT,$item.BANKNUMMER)
}

# Call the C# code to get the transformed data
$list = [DotJim.Powershell.BankAggregator]::Get(";")

Write-Host "Found" $list.Count "valid rows"

# Now that we have the list, write it in the new CSV
Out-File -FilePath "$destPath\transformed_bankdata_$(New-Guid).csv" -Encoding UTF8 -InputObject $list
}