v2020.6.0 (preview) -

[ghost]

System Details

System Details Output

### VSCode version: 1.49.0 e790b931385d72cf5669fcefc51cdf65990efa5d x64

### VSCode extensions:
hashicorp.terraform@2.2.3
ms-python.python@2020.8.109390
ms-vscode.powershell@2020.6.0
rebornix.ruby@0.27.0
wingrunr21.vscode-ruby@0.27.0


### PSES version:

### PowerShell version:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.18362.752
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.18362.752
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Issue Description

Format Document feature removes ": " (colon space) when beside a variable in a double quoted string. This occurs if the colon is escaped with the ` character, or, if the variable is wrapped in subexpression operator $().

Expected Behaviour

-- Description of what should be happening --

Nothing - escaping the character is valid, as is using a subexpression.

Actual Behaviour

-- Description of what actually happens --
Assuming the following two lines in code:
write-host "There is an issue doing the thing on $server`: $($_.exception.message)"
or
write-host "There is an issue doing the thing on $($server): $($_.exception.message)"

Format document removes the : characters, leaving:
write-host "There is an issue doing the thing on $server$($_.exception.message)"
or
write-host "There is an issue doing the thing on $($server)$($_.exception.message)"

Attached Logs

I'm not aware of any logging for this.

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[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks @bwhitehead0 looks like a duplicate of the issues we are seeing with formatting being tracked in PSScriptAnalyzer PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer#1580

[ghost]

This issue has been marked as duplicate and has not had any activity for 1 day. It has been closed for housekeeping purposes.