powershell.tmLanguage.json

{
	"information_for_contributors": [
		"This file has been converted from https://github.com/PowerShell/EditorSyntax/blob/master/PowerShellSyntax.tmLanguage",
		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
	],
	"version": "altered from https://github.com/PowerShell/EditorSyntax/commit/472c9447da4e3160bef211d5e1a0c2dee3cce497",
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				{
					"comment": "$self may have been combined with other includes, this will insure its just $self now",
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		}
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																		}
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											"include": "#notCode"
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								{
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								{
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									"comment": "default assignment for a property",
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									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#operators_post"
										}
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								{
									"include": "#notCode"
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							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
					]
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				{
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						}
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							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
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								{
									"comment": "optional user specified type, PowerShell Core >= 6.2.0",
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										{
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															"include": "#type_Disolve"
														}
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								}
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								}
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								{
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								},
								{
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										}
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									"patterns": [
										{
											"begin": "=",
											"beginCaptures": {
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												}
											},
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													"include": "#subexpression"
												},
												{
													"include": "#commentBlock"
												},
												{
													"comment": "normally provided by command mode, but thats not available here",
													"match": "`\\n",
													"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
												},
												{
													"include": "#notCode"
												}
											]
										},
										{
											"comment": "normally provided by command mode, but thats not available here",
											"match": "`\\n",
											"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
										},
										{
											"include": "#notCode"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"comment": "`,`, `&` and `|` not permitted here",
									"match": "[,&|]",
									"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
								},
								{
									"include": "#notCode"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "param: only in main body or a function main body, and only if followed by parameter declaration",
					"match": "(?i:param)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"name": "keyword.control.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
				}
			]
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				{
					"include": "#attributeStatement"
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?i:function|filter|workflow)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
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							"name": "storage.type.${0:/downcase}.powershell keyword.declaration.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
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					"endCaptures": {
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							"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
						}
					},
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(?:(global|local|script|private)(`)?(:)(?=[^\\s{(,;&)}])|(?=[^`'\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}\\s{(,;&)}<>$@#]|`(?!\\s)))",
							"beginCaptures": {
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									"name": "storage.modifier.scope.powershell"
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								}
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							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "\\G",
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									"name": "entity.name.function.powershell",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"comment": "function names that start with `:` are treated differently",
											"match": "\\G(?<!:):\\p{L}\\w*[^\\s{(,;&)}]?"
										},
										{
											"include": "#functionName"
										}
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								{
									"begin": "(?!\\G)(?!})",
									"end": "(?=\\S)",
									"applyEndPatternLast": true,
									"patterns": [
										{
											"begin": "{",
											"beginCaptures": {
												"0": {
													"name": "punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell"
												}
											},
											"end": "(?=})",
											"endCaptures": {
												"0": {
													"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
												}
											},
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													"include": "$self"
												}
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										},
										{
											"include": "#declarationParameterSet"
										},
										{
											"include": "#notCode"
										}
									]
								}
							]
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						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
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				{
					"comment": "do,for,foreach,switch,while: allow a `:label` that must start the statement; A `:label` before a loop looks just like a function, and its possible to put the loop keyword on a later line!  Here we just see if a valid label appears to be the only useful thing on a single line",
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							"name": "punctuation.definition.label.powershell"
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							"name": "entity.name.label.powershell"
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								{
									"include": "#commentBlock"
								}
							]
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					}
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				{
					"comment": "break,continue: permit a label following, then revert back to statement mode",
					"begin": "(?i:break|continue)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.control.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "[\\p{L}_]\\w*|(?=$\\n|\\S)",
					"endCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "entity.name.label.powershell"
						}
					},
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#commentBlock"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?i:exit|return|throw)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.control.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=[\\n;)}\\]])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#command_mode"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?i:foreach)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.control.foreach.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(?=\\()",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "\\G\\(",
									"beginCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell"
										}
									},
									"name": "meta.foreach-set.powershell",
									"end": "\\)",
									"endCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation.section.group.end.powershell"
										}
									},
									"patterns": [
										{
											"begin": "(?i:in)",
											"beginCaptures": {
												"0": {
													"name": "keyword.control.foreach-in.powershell"
												}
											},
											"end": "(?=[;)])",
											"patterns": [
												{
													"include": "#command_mode"
												}
											]
										},
										{
											"include": "#variableNoProperty"
										},
										{
											"include": "#type"
										},
										{
											"comment": "`;` not permitted here",
											"match": ";",
											"name": "invalid.terminator.statement.powershell"
										},
										{
											"include": "#notCode"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"begin": "(?<=\\))(?![,)}])",
									"end": "(?=.|$)",
									"applyEndPatternLast": true,
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#advanceToToken"
										},
										{
											"begin": "(?={)",
											"end": "(?=.|$)",
											"applyEndPatternLast": true,
											"patterns": [
												{
													"begin": "\\G\\{",
													"beginCaptures": {
														"0": {
															"name": "punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell"
														}
													},
													"end": "}",
													"endCaptures": {
														"0": {
															"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
														}
													},
													"name": "meta.statements.foreach-loop.powershell",
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															"include": "$self"
														}
													]
												},
												{
													"comment": "next statement, return when safe to exit",
													"begin": "(?<=})(?![,)}\\]])",
													"end": "(?<![})])(?=[\\n,})\\]])",
													"patterns": [
														{
															"include": "$self"
														}
													]
												}
											]
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "only allow foreach arguments before the `(`",
							"begin": "\\G(?=[\\s#\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]|<#)",
							"end": "(?![\\s#\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]|<#)",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"comment": "-parallel parameter can only be used in a workflow, consider using meta scopes, and an injection to properly catch this",
									"match": "((?i:([\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])parallel))(?:(:)|(?=[\\s\\[{(,;&|)}]))",
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										"1": {
											"name": "variable.parameter.foreach-parallel.powershell"
										},
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											"name": "punctuation.definition.parameter.powershell"
										},
										"3": {
											"name": "punctuation.separator.parameter-value.powershell"
										}
									}
								},
								{
									"include": "#notCode"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "`,`, `<` and `>` not permitted here",
							"match": "[,<>]",
							"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
						},
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?i:while)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.control.while.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?<![)}])(?=\\()",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "\\G\\(",
									"beginCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell"
										}
									},
									"end": "\\)",
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							"comment": "`,`, `<` and `>` not permitted here",
							"match": "[,\\[\\]<>]",
							"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
						},
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "inlinescript,parallel,sequence: only in workflow; ",
					"begin": "(?=(?i:begin|clean|dispose|dynamicparam|end|inlinescript|parallel|process|sequence)[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#process_blocks"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "the argument is permitted to be quoted and statement may be extended to next line(s) with backtick; TODO",
					"match": "(?i:(using))\\s+(?i:(assembly|namespace|module))\\s+((?>[\\p{L}_][\\w#]*(?:\\.#*)?)+(?=[<>.,;+\\s\\[\\]\\)}]))",
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.control.using.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.other.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#type_Disolve"
								}
							]
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"comment": "from,var,define are reserved; configuration is TODO, needs significant syntax structure work.",
					"match": "(?i:configuration|define|from|var)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"name": "invalid.reserved.keyword.control.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#command_mode"
				}
			]
		},
		"process_blocks":{
			"comment": "inlinescript,parallel,sequence: only in workflow; ",
			"begin": "(?i:begin|clean|dispose|dynamicparam|end|inlinescript|parallel|process|sequence)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
			"beginCaptures": {
				"0": {
					"name": "keyword.control.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
				}
			},
			"end": "(?=.|$)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#advanceToToken"
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?={)",
					"end": "(?=\\S)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "\\G\\{",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "}",
							"endCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
								}
							},
							"name": "meta.statement-block.powershell",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "$self"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "next block, only return when container ends",
							"begin": "(?<=})(?![,)}\\]])",
							"end": "(?=[,})\\]])",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#process_blocks"
								},
								{
									"include": "#notCode"
								},
								{
									"include": "$self"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "`,`, `<` and `>` not permitted here",
					"match": "[,\\[\\]<>]",
					"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#notCode"
				}
			]
		},
		"command_mode": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment": "`||` and `&&` conditional terminators cannot be used at begining of command.",
					"match": "\\|\\||&&",
					"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
				},
				{
					"comment": "(dot) source operator, requires trailing space, or invoke operator",
					"begin": "&|\\.(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}'\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}$@])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.invoke-or-source.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=[\\n;)}])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"comment": "Next token needs to be an operand for the operator, not the actual command, but an expression or unquoted expandable string that describes the command's name.",
							"begin": "\\G(?![,;&|)}<>])|\\G(?=<|[1-6]>&[12]|\\*>&1|[1-6*]?>>?)",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#advanceToToken"
								},
								{
									"comment": "at the begining of a command name, `<`, `>` or `>>` are the entire command name.",
									"match": "(?:<|[1-6]>&[12]|\\*>&1|[1-6*]?>>?)",
									"name": "entity.name.function.powershell"
								},
								{
									"begin": "(?<=[\\s>]|\\G|^)(?![\\s#,;&|)}<>]|<#|$)",
									"end": "(?!\\G)",
									"name": "meta.argument.invoke-or-source.powershell",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#argument"
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "Next token needs to be an operand for the operator, not the actual command, but an expression or unquoted expandable string that describes the command's name.",
							"begin": "(?![\\n;)}])",
							"end": "(?=[\\n;)}])",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#argument_mode"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "could be a numeric constant or a limited list of unary operators, that we should switch to expression mode",
					"begin": "(?=[.,+\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]|[0-9](?!(?<=[1-6])>&[12])|!(?!\\p{L}))",
					"end": "(?=[\\n;)}])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"comment": "if unary operators/numeric constant advanced, switch to expression mode",
							"begin": "(?!\\G)(?![\\n;)}])",
							"end": "(?=[\\n;)}])",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#advanceToArgument"
								},
								{
									"include": "#operators"
								},
								{
									"include": "#not_operator"
								},
								{
									"include": "#expression_mode"
								},
								{
									"include": "#notCode"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#numericConstant"
						},
						{
							"include": "#operator_preUnary_Comma"
						},
						{
							"include": "#operators_preUnary"
						},
						{
							"comment": "if neither numeric or a pre-unary operator, try finishing command mode with a command name",
							"begin": "(?![\\n;)}])",
							"end": "(?=[\\n;)}])",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#command_name"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				}, 
				{
					"include": "#expression_mode_test"
				},
				{
					"match": "`\\n",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "`\\s",
					"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"comment": "PowerShell 7 made 'pipe on next line' valid to continue previous pipeline",
					"no-match": "\\|",
					"name": "invalid.empty-pipe.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#command_name"
				},
				{
					"comment": "catch that which didn't match elsewhere",
					"match": "[^\\s]",
					"name": "invalid.unexpected.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"command_name": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#commentBlock"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentLine"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commands"
				},
				{
					"comment": "command names are allowed to start with < or >, without a backtick, but `function` requires a backtick.  See below!",
					"begin": "(?:(global|local|script|private)(`)?(:)(?![\\s{(,;&|)}])|(?=[^`'\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}\\s{(,;&)}@#]|`(?!\\s)))",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "storage.modifier.scope.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?!\\G)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"comment": "at the begining of a command name, `]`, `<`, `>` or `>>` are the entire command name.",
							"match": "\\G(?:]|<|\\*>&1|\\*?>>?|[1-6]>&[12])",
							"name": "entity.name.function.powershell"
						},
						{
							"begin": "\\G(?=[^\\n{(,;&|)}])",
							"end": "(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
							"name": "entity.name.function.powershell",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"comment": "function names that start with `:` are treated differently",
									"match": "\\G(?<!:):\\p{L}\\w*[^\\s{(,;&|)}]?"
								},
								{
									"match": "\\G`[\\[+\\]]",
									"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
								},
								{
									"include": "#functionName"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?![\\n;)}])",
							"end": "(?=[\\n;)}])",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#argument_mode"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"argument": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#scriptblock"
				},
				{
					"include": "#expressionGroup"
				},
				{
					"include": "#hashtable"
				},
				{
					"include": "#array"
				},
				{
					"include": "#quotedStrings_Members"
				},
				{
					"include": "#numericConstant_argumentMode"
				},
				{
					"comment": "could be variable reference, if it doesn't have member reference, its the start of an unquoted expandable string",
					"begin": "(?=\\$[{\\w:$^?])",
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"comment": "check out the first variable reference",
							"begin": "\\G(?=\\$)",
							"end": "(?!\\G)",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#variableNoProperty"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "if a member access doesn't occur after variable, finish as an unquoted expandable string argument.",
							"begin": "(?![\\s{(,;&|)}])(?!\\.(?!\\.)|::|\\[)",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#unquotedArgument"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?=\\.(?!\\.)|::|\\[)",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#accessors"
								},
								{
									"comment": "attempt another argument after member access",
									"include": "#argument"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"include": "#substatement"
				},
				{
					"comment": "splatting cannot have members and certain characters following, including no line comment",
					"match": "(?>@(?:[$^?]|(?>[\\w][\\w?]*:(?!:)|:)?(?:[\\w?]|:(?!:))+|:))(?![~`!@#$%^*<>\\]\\\\/'\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}+-])",
					"captures": {
						"0": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#variable_inner"
								}
							]
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"comment": "splatting cannot have members and certain characters following, including no line comment",
					"match": "@(?![$^?:\\w])",
					"name": "invalid.splat.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#unquotedArgument"
				}
			]
		},
		"argument_mode": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#redirection"
				},
				{
					"comment": "`,` just continues current mode, after advancing to next token",
					"begin": ",",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.array-element-separator.comma.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)(?!=[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#argument"
						},
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						}
					]
				},
						{
					"comment": "argument mode line continuation",
					"match": "`\\n",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentBlock"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentLine"
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?<!\\w)(--%)(?!\\w)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.control.verbatim-argument.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "$|(?=\\|)",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"match": "[^\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}]+?",
							"name": "string.unquoted.verbatim-argument.powershell"
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?:[\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}])",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "(?:[\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}])|$",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"endCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell"
								}
							},
							"name": "string.quoted.double.powershell"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"match": "(([\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])\\p{L}[^:\\s\\[{(,;&|)}'\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}]*)(?:(:)|(?=[\\s\\[{(,;&|)}]))",
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "variable.parameter.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "punctuation.definition.parameter.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.parameter-value.powershell"
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"include": "#argument"
				}
			]
		},
		"unquotedArgument": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "`(?!\\n)\\s",
					"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "\\.(?=['\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}\\s{(,;&|)}$])",
					"name": "string.unquoted.argument.powershell"
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?![\\s{(,;&|)}])(?!$)",
					"end": "(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"contentName": "string.unquoted.argument.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"match": "\\G`[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]",
							"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						{
							"include": "#unquotedStrings_text"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"expression_mode_test": {
			"comment": "patterns that indicate an expression.",
			"begin": "(?=[$@][{(\\w:$^?]|[({\\[,]|@?['\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}]|[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-][\\s{(,;|)}#<>.!+%*/='\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])",
			"end": "(?=[\\n;)}])",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#expression_mode"
				},
				{
					"include": "#notCode"
				}
			]
		},
		"expression_mode": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment": "`,` recurses subexpression after advancing to next token",
					"begin": ",",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.array-element-separator.comma.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						},
						{
							"include": "#subexpression"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"include": "#redirection"
				},
				{
					"include": "#subexpression"
				},
				{
					"include": "#operator_preUnary_Comma"
				},
				{
					"comment": "if nothing matches, its not valid code",
					"begin": "(?![\\s,;:&|)}\\]]|[1-6]?>|$)",
					"end": "(?=[\\n{(,;:&|)}\\]]|[1-6]?>)",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"subexpression": {
			"patterns": [ 
				{
					"comment": "patterns that indicate an operand, we only want to capture one, then check operators, then recurse.",
					"begin": "(?=[$@][{(\\w:$^?]|[({\\[]|@?['\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}]|[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-][\\s{(,;|)}#<>.!+%*/='\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]|[.+\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]|[0-9](?!(?<=[1-6])>&[12])|!(?!\\p{L}))",
					"end": "(?=\\S|$)|(?=[\\n,:;&|)}\\]]|[1-6]?>)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "\\G(?![\\n;:&|)}\\]]|[1-6]?>)",
							"end": "(?!\\G)|(?=[\\n,:;&|)}\\]]|[1-6]?>)",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#operand"
								},
								{
									"comment": "if nothing matches, its not valid code",
									"begin": "(?![\\s,;:&|)}\\]]|[1-6]?>|$)",
									"end": "(?=[\\n{(,;:&|)}\\]]|[1-6]?>)",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#notCode"
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#advanceToArgument"
						},
						{
							"include": "#operators"
						},
						{
							"include": "#not_operator"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"match": "`\\n",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"operand": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment": "preunary operators are technically part of an operand expression",
					"include": "#operators_preUnary"
				},
				{
					"include": "#type_expression"
				},
				{
					"include": "#variable"
				},
				{
					"include": "#expressionGroup"
				},
				{
					"include": "#hashtable"
				},
				{
					"include": "#scriptblock"
				},
				{
					"include": "#numericConstant"
				},
				{
					"include": "#array"
				},
				{
					"include": "#substatement"
				},
				{
					"include": "#quotedStrings_Members"
				}
			]
		},
		"array": {
			"begin": "(?=@\\()",
			"end": "(?!\\G)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "\\G(@)(\\()",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.other.array.begin.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.group.begin.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "\\)",
					"endCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.group.end.powershell"
						}
					},
					"name": "meta.group.array-expression.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "$self"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"include": "#accessors"
				}
			]
		},
		"catchClause": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#advanceToToken"
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?i:catch)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.control.try-catch.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(?={)",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "\\G\\{",
									"beginCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell"
										}
									},
									"end": "}",
									"endCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
										}
									},
									"name": "meta.statements.try-catch.powershell",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "$self"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"begin": "(?<=})(?![,)}]|$)",
									"end": "(?=.|$)",
									"applyEndPatternLast": true,
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#catchClause"
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "only [exception] arguments before the `{`",
							"begin": "\\G(?=[\\s#\\[]|<#)",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#advanceToToken"
								},
								{
									"begin": "(?=\\[)",
									"end": "(?![\\s#\\[,]|<#)",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"match": ",",
											"name": "punctuation.separator.powershell"
										},
										{
											"include": "#type"
										},
										{
											"include": "#notCode"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"include": "#notCode"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "`,`, `<` and `>` not permitted here",
							"match": "[,<>]",
							"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
						},
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
					]
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			"end": "(?=.|$)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "\\G\\[",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.bracket.begin.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "]|(?=\\n)",
					"endCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.bracket.end.powershell"
						}
					},
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"name": "meta.attribute-or-type-reference.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						},
						{
							"match": "(?i)(?:(?:cmdletbinding|alias|flags|outputtype|parameter|validate(?:not(?:null(?:orempty)?)|count|set|script|range|pattern|length)|allow(?:null|empty(?:collection|string))|supportswildcards|dsc(?:resource|property)|psdefaultvalue)(?![.\\w+`-]))",
							"name": "support.function.attribute.powershell"
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?=\\()",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "\\G\\(",
									"beginCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation.group.attribute-argument-set.begin.powershell"
										}
									},
									"end": "\\)",
									"endCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation..group.attribute-argument-set.end.powershell"
										}
									},
									"applyEndPatternLast": true,
									"name": "meta.attribute-argument-set.powershell",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#advanceToToken"
										},
										{
											"begin": "\\b([\\p{L}_]\\w*)",
											"beginCaptures": {
												"1": {
													"name": "variable.parameter.attribute.powershell"
												}
											},
											"end": "(?=[\\n,;&|)}\\]])",
											"patterns": [
												{
													"begin": "=",
													"beginCaptures": {
														"0": {
															"name": "keyword.operator.assignment.attribute-argument.powershell"
														}
													},
													"end": "(?=[,;&|)}\\]])",
													"patterns": [
														{
															"include": "#advanceToToken"
														},
														{
															"include": "#subexpression"
														},
														{
															"include": "#notCode"
														}
													]
												},
												{
													"include": "#notCode"
												}
											]
										},
										{
											"comment": "this makes `=` invalid without an argument name",
											"match": "=",
											"name": "invalid.source.powershell"
										},
										{
											"comment": "`,` just continues current mode, after advancing to next token",
											"begin": ",",
											"beginCaptures": {
												"0": {
													"name": "punctuation.separator.attribute-argument-separator.comma.powershell"
												}
											},
											"end": "(?=.|$)",
											"applyEndPatternLast": true,
											"patterns": [
												{
													"include": "#advanceToToken"
												}
											]
										},
										{
											"comment": "this gets expressions without argument names",
											"include": "#expression_mode"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"begin": "(?<=\\))(?![;&|)}\\]])",
									"end": "(?=.|$)",
									"applyEndPatternLast": true,
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#advanceToToken"
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#type_SubType"
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?![\\]\\s])",
							"end": "(?=\\S|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#notCode"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"type_Disolve": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#type_keywords"
				},
				{
					"match": "[^\\.+]+",
					"name": "storage.type.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "\\.",
					"name": "punctuation.accessor.type.powershell.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "\\+",
					"name": "keyword.operator.type.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"type_SubType": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "(\\[)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.bracket.begin.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(])|[^\\s\\p{L},]",
					"endCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.bracket.end.powershell"
						}
					},
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"name": "meta.type-reference.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#type_SubType"
						},
						{
							"match": ",",
							"name": "punctuation.separator.comma.powershell"
						},
						{
							"match": "[^\\s\\[\\]+,]+",
							"name": "invalid.character.powershell"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?!`)((?>[\\p{L}_`][\\w#`+]*)(?=[<>.,+\\s(\\[\\]])(?:\\.#*\\g<1>?)?)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#type_Disolve"
								}
							]
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=[^\\s]|\\n)|(?<=])",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"match": "((?i:Version|Culture|PublicKeyToken))(=)([^,\\[\\]]*)",
							"captures": {
								"1": {
									"name": "variable.parameter.attribute.powershell"
								},
								"2": {
									"name": "keyword.operator.assignment.powershell"
								},
								"3": {
									"name": "constant.character.powershell"
								}
							},
							"name": "invalid.character.powershell"
						},
						{
							"include": "#type_SubType"
						},
						{
							"match": ",",
							"name": "punctuation.separator.comma.powershell"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentBlock"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentLine"
				}
			]
		},
		"type_keywords": {
			"comment": "primitive types and base classes often used",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment:": "[short], [ushort], [uint], [ulong] added PowerShell Core 6.2;",
					"match": "(?<![.\\w-])(?i:(?:value)?type|void|switch|(?:ps(?:custom)?)?object|pscredential|psmoduleinfo|hashtable|scriptblock|string|single|float|double|decimal|s?byte|bool(?:ean)?|char|datetime|timespan|array|bigint|u?int(?:32|16|64)?|u?long|u?short|uri)(?![.\\w#+`-])",
					"name": "keyword.type.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "(?<![.\\w-])(?i:system|math|text|convert|regex|xml|enum)(?![\\w#-])",
					"name": "support.class.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "(?<![.\\w-])(?i:ordered)(?![.\\w#+`\\[-])",
					"name": "support.function.attribute.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "(?<![.\\w-])(?i:ref)(?![.\\w#+`\\[-])",
					"name": "storage.modifier.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"advanceToArgument": {
			"comment": "consume spaces and comments (but not unescaped line ends) until the next token appears",
			"begin": "\\G(?=\\s|<#|`\\s)(?!\\n)",
			"end": "(?!\\s)(?!$)|(?=\\n)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "`\\n",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"comment": "useless escape, and doesn't count as a token",
					"match": "`\\s",
					"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentBlock"
				}
			]
		},
		"advanceToToken": {
			"comment": "consume spaces and comments and line ends until the next token appears",
			"begin": "\\G(?=[\\s#]|<#|`\\s)",
			"end": "(?!\\s)(?!$)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment": "useless escape, and doesn't count as a token",
					"match": "`\\s",
					"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentLine"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentBlock"
				}
			]
		},
		"accessors": {
			"begin": "(?=\\??\\.(?!\\.)|::|\\??\\[)",
			"end": "(?=.|$)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "\\G(\\?)?(\\.)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.null-conditional-accessor.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "punctuation.accessor.instance.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(?<![\\])])(?:(?i:foreach|where)(?=[\\({]))",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "keyword.other.special-method.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "(?!\\G)|(?=\\))",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#members_methodArguments"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#members"
						},
						{
							"include": "#commentLine"
						},
						{
							"include": "#commentBlock"
						},
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "\\G(?:(?<!:)::)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.accessor.static.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(?<![\\])])(?i:new(?=[\\({]))",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "keyword.other.special-method.${0:/downcase}.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "(?!\\G)|(?=\\))",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#members_methodArguments"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#members"
						},
						{
							"include": "#commentLine"
						},
						{
							"include": "#commentBlock"
						},
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "\\G(?=\\??\\[)",
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(\\?)?(\\[)",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"1": {
									"name": "keyword.operator.null-conditional.accessor.powershell"
								},
								"2": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.bracket.begin.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "]|(?!\\G)(?=$)",
							"endCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.bracket.end.powershell"
								}
							},
							"name": "meta.index.powershell",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "(?=[1-6]?>)",
									"end": "(?=\\S|$)",
									"applyEndPatternLast": true,
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#notCode"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"comment": "should only be an expression, no assignment operators",
									"include": "#expression_mode"
								},
								{
									"include": "#advanceToToken"
								},
								{
									"begin": "(?![\\]\\s])",
									"end": "(?=\\S|$)",
									"applyEndPatternLast": true,
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#notCode"
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#accessors"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentLine"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentBlock"
				}
			]
		},
		"members_methodArguments": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "\\G(?=\\()",
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "\\(",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.method-arguments.begin.powershell"
								}
							},
							"contentName": "meta.method-arguments.powershell",
							"end": "\\)",
							"endCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.method-arguments.end.powershell"
								}
							},
							"patterns": [
								{
									"match": ",",
									"name": "punctuation.separator.method-argument-list.comma.powershell"
								},
								{
									"include": "#subexpression"
								},
								{
									"include": "#notCode"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#accessors"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "\\G(?=\\{)",
					"end": "(?!\\G)",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#scriptblock"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"members": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "(?<![\\])])[\\p{L}_]\\w*(?=\\()",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "entity.name.function.method.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?!\\G)|(?=\\))",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#members_methodArguments"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?<![\\])])[\\p{L}_]\\w*(?=\\??\\.(?!\\.)|::|\\??\\[)",
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "variable.other.object.property.powershell"
						}
					},
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#accessors"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"match": "(?<![\\])])[\\p{L}_]\\w*",
					"name": "variable.other.property.powershell"
				},
				{
					"comment": "need to wrap a begin block around this using \\G",
					"include": "#quotedStrings_Members"
				}
			]
		},
		"switchConditions": {
			"begin": "(?={)",
			"end": "(?=.|$)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "\\G\\{",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "}",
					"endCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
						}
					},
					"name": "meta.switch-conditions.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(?:\\G|(?<=\\}))(?![,;&|)}])",
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#advanceToToken"
								},
								{
									"begin": "(?<=[\\s>]|\\G|^)(?![\\s#,;&|)}<>]|<#)",
									"end": "(?!\\G)",
									"name": "meta.argument.switch-condition.powershell",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"comment": "default: only in switch",
											"match": "(?i:default)(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
											"name": "keyword.control.switch-default.powershell"
										},
										{
											"include": "#argument"
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"begin": "{",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "}",
							"endCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
								}
							},
							"name": "meta.statements.switch-condition.powershell",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "$self"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						},
						{
							"comment": "very limited what is permitted here",
							"match": "[^\\s{()}]",
							"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "next statement, return when safe to exit",
					"begin": "(?<=})(?![\\n,)}\\]])",
					"end": "(?=[\\n,})\\]])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "$self"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"variable_inner": {
			"comment": "separate the parts of the variable name and scope them, character validation has already been done",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "(?:\\G|[$@])(?:[^`:]|`[^:])*`?:$",
					"name": "invalid.identifier.variable.powershell"
				},
				{
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.other.special-method.using-scope.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"4": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						},
						"5": {
							"name": "storage.modifier.scope.powershell"
						},
						"6": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"7": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					},
					"comment": "These are special constants.",
					"match": "(?:\\G|([$@]))(?i:(using(`)?(:))?(?:(global|local|private|script|workflow)?(`)?(:))?(?:False|Null|True))$",
					"name": "constant.language.powershell"
				},
				{
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.other.special-method.using-scope.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"4": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						},
						"5": {
							"name": "storage.modifier.scope.powershell"
						},
						"6": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"7": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					},
					"comment": "These are the other built-in constants.",
					"match": "(?:\\G|([$@]))(?i:(using(`)?(:))?(?:(global|local|private|script|workflow)?(`)?(:))?(?:Error|ExecutionContext|Is(?:CoreCLR|Linux|MacOS|Windows)|Host|Home|PID|PSHome|PSVersionTable|ShellID)$)",
					"name": "variable.language.builtin.powershell"
				},
				{
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.other.special-method.using-scope.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"4": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						},
						"5": {
							"name": "storage.modifier.scope.powershell"
						},
						"6": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"7": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					},
					"match": "(?:\\G|([$@]))(?i:(using(`)?(:))?(?:(global|local|private|script|workflow)?(`)?(:))?(?:[$^?_]|Args|ConsoleFileName|Event|EventArgs|EventSubscriber|ForEach|Input|LastExitCode|Matches|MyInvocation|NestedPromptLevel|Profile|PSBoundParameters|PSCmdlet|PSCulture|PSDebugContext|PSItem|PSCommandPath|PSScriptRoot|PSUICulture|Pwd|Sender|SourceArgs|SourceEventArgs|StackTrace|Switch|This)$)",
					"name": "variable.language.builtin.powershell"
				},
				{
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.other.special-method.using-scope.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"4": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						},
						"5": {
							"name": "storage.modifier.scope.powershell"
						},
						"6": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"7": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					},
					"comment": "Style preference variables as language variables so that they stand out.",
					"match": "(?:\\G|([$@]))(?i:(using(`)?(:))?(?:(global|local|private|script|workflow)?(`)?(:))?(?:ConfirmPreference|DebugPreference|ErrorActionPreference|ErrorView|FormatEnumerationLimit|InformationPreference|Log(?:Command|Engine|Provider)(?:HealthEvent|LifecycleEvent)|Maximum(?:AliasCount|DriveCount|ErrorCount|FunctionCount|HistoryCount|VariableCount)|OFS|OutputEncoding|ProgressPreference|PsCulture|PSDebugContext|PSDefaultParameterValues|PSEmailServer|PSItem|PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference|PSSenderInfo|PSSession(?:ApplicationName|ConfigurationName|Option)|VerbosePreference|WarningPreference|WhatIfPreference)$)",
					"name": "variable.language.powershell"
				},
				{
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.other.special-method.using-scope.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"4": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						},
						"5": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#variable_scopeOrDrive"
								}
							]
						},
						"6": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#variable_escapes"
								}
							]
						}
					},
					"comment": "capture all other seemingly valid normal variables",
					"match": "(?:\\G|([$@]))(?i:(using(`)?(:))?)(?:([^:]*`?:))?(.*)",
					"name": "variable.other.readwrite.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"variable_scopeOrDrive": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment": "workflow scope only available in workflow",
					"match": "((?i:global|local|private|script|workflow))(`)?(:)",
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "storage.modifier.scope.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"match": "(?i:(Alias|Cert|Env|Function|HKCU|HKLM|Variable|WSMan))(`)?(:)",
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.type.drive.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"comment": "Unknown drive",
					"begin": "(?=.)",
					"end": ":",
					"endCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.separator.colon.powershell"
						}
					},
					"name": "storage.type.drive.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#variable_escapes"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"variable_bracketed_inside": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment": "capture a complete variable reference that appears on a single line and attempt to scope language variables",
					"match": "\\G(?:[^`}:]*`?:)?[^`}]*(?=})",
					"captures": {
						"0": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "(?=.)",
									"end": "(?!\\G)",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#variable_inner"
										}
									]
								}
							]
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"comment": "this captures up to the first colon, and then matches up the capture",
					"match": "\\G(?:[^`}:]|`[^:])*`?:",
					"captures": {
						"0": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#variable_scopeOrDrive"
								}
							]
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"include": "#variable_escapes"
				}
			]
		},
		"variable_escapes": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "`(?:[`0abefnrtv{}\\n])",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#unicodeEscape"
				},
				{
					"match": "`",
					"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "{",
					"name": "invalid.unescaped.character.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"variable": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "(?=\\$[{\\w:$^?])",
					"end": "(?!\\G)",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "\\G\\$(?:[$^?]|(?>[\\w][\\w?]*:(?!:)|:)?(?:[\\w?]|:(?!:))+)(?=\\??\\.(?!\\.)|::|\\??\\[)",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#variable_inner"
										}
									]
								}
							},
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#accessors"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"match": "\\G\\$(?:[$^?]|(?>[\\w][\\w?]*:(?!:)|:)?(?:[\\w?]|:(?!:))+|:)",
							"captures": {
								"0": {
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#variable_inner"
										}
									]
								}
							}
						},
						{
							"match": "\\$\\{}",
							"name": "invalid.variable.powershell"
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?=\\$\\{)",
							"end": "(?!\\G)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "(\\$)(\\{)",
									"beginCaptures": {
										"1": {
											"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.powershell"
										},
										"2": {
											"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.braces.begin.powershell"
										}
									},
									"end": "}",
									"endCaptures": {
										"0": {
											"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.braces.end.powershell"
										}
									},
									"name": "variable.other.readwrite.powershell",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#variable_bracketed_inside"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"include": "#accessors"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "splatting cannot be used outside of argument mode, result is invalid source.",
					"match": "(?>@(?:[$^?]|(?>[\\w][\\w?]*:(?!:)|:)?(?:[\\w?]|:(?!:))+|:))",
					"name": "invalid.splat.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"variableNoProperty": {
			"begin": "(?=\\$[{\\w:$^?])",
			"end": "(?!\\G)",
			"name": "meta.embedded.interpolated.powershell",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "\\G\\$(?:[$^?]|(?>[\\w][\\w?]*:(?!:)|:)?(?:[\\w?]|:(?!:))+|:)",
					"captures": {
						"0": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#variable_inner"
								}
							]
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?=\\$\\{)",
					"end": "(?!\\G)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "(\\$)(\\{)",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"1": {
									"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.powershell"
								},
								"2": {
									"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.braces.begin.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "}",
							"endCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "punctuation.definition.variable.braces.end.powershell"
								}
							},
							"name": "variable.other.readwrite.powershell",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#variable_bracketed_inside"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"RequiresDirective": {
			"comment": "requires directive must be on single line, so capture and tokenize, current PS <= 6.2 allow `requires` keyword without delimiter, but the parameters must follow with a delimiter!",
			"match": "^\\s*(#)((?i:requires))(.?)(.*)$",
			"captures": {
				"1": {
					"name": "punctuation.definition.comment.powershell"
				},
				"2": {
					"name": "keyword.control.requires.powershell"
				},
				"3": {
					"patterns": [
						{
							"match": "\\S",
							"name": "invalid.source.powershell"
						}
					]
				},
				"4": {
					"patterns": [
						{
							"match": "(([\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])(?i:Modules|PSSnapin|PSEdition|RunAsAdministrator|ShellId|Version)\\b)(:)?",
							"captures": {
								"1": {
									"name": "variable.parameter.powershell"
								},
								"2": {
									"name": "punctuation.definition.parameter.powershell"
								},
								"3": {
									"name": "punctuation.separator.parameter-value.powershell"
								}
							}
						},
						{
							"comment": "needs custom argument handler, single line quoted or unquoted arguments",
							"match": "(?<!\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-)\\b\\p{L}+|[0-9]+(?:\\.[0-9]+)*",
							"name": "variable.parameter.powershell"
						},
						{
							"match": ",",
							"name": "punctuation.separator.powershell"
						},
						{
							"comment": "needs custom hashtable that does not auto continue to next line",
							"include": "#hashtable"
						},
						{
							"include": "#notCode"
						}
					]
				}
			},
			"name": "comment.line.powershell meta.requires.powershell"
		},
		"hashtable": {
			"begin": "(?=@\\{)",
			"end": "(?=.|$)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "(@)(\\{)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.other.hashtable.begin.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.braces.begin.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "\\}",
					"endCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.section.braces.end.powershell"
						}
					},
					"name": "meta.hashtable.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#hashtableAssignment"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"include": "#accessors"
				}
			]
		},
		"hashtableAssignment": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "\\b([\\p{L}_]\\w*)(?=\\s*=)",
					"name": "entity.name.variable.property.powershell"
				},
				{
					"comment": "#type_expression"
				},
				{
					"comment": "#variable"
				},
				{
					"comment": "#quotedStrings_Members"
				},
				{
					"include": "#operand"
				},
				{
					"begin": "(=)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.assignment.hashtable-member.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=[;}])|$(?!\\G)",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?![;}\\n])",
							"end": "(?=[;}\\n])",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"begin": "\\G",
									"end": "(?!\\G)",
									"patterns": [
										{
											"include": "#statements"
										}
									]
								},
								{
									"include": "#hashtableAssignment"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"match": ";",
					"name": "punctuation.terminator.assignment.hashtable-member.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#notCode"
				}
			]
		},
		"quotedStrings_Members": {
			"comment": "detect all quoted strings (arguments or expressions) starting here",
			"begin": "(?=@?['\"\\x{2018}-\\x{201E}])",
			"end": "(?!\\G)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#singleQuotedStrings"
				},
				{
					"comment": "double quoted here-strings",
					"begin": "\\G@[\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}]",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "string.quoted.double.heredoc.powershell punctuation.definition.heredoc.begin.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "^([\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}]@)|\\G((?:\\s*\\S+)+)(?:(?!\\n)\\s)*$",
					"endCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "string.quoted.double.heredoc.powershell punctuation.definition.heredoc.end.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"match": "\\S+",
									"name": "invalid.source.powershell"
								}
							]
						}
					},
					"contentName": "string.quoted.double.heredoc.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#variableNoProperty"
						},
						{
							"include": "#doubleQuotedHereStringEscapes"
						},
						{
							"include": "#substatementEmbedded"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "single quoted here-strings",
					"begin": "\\G@['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "string.quoted.single.heredoc.powershell punctuation.definition.heredoc.begin.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "^(['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]@)|\\G((?:\\s*\\S+)+)(?:(?!\\n)\\s)*$",
					"endCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "string.quoted.single.heredoc.powershell punctuation.definition.heredoc.end.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"patterns": [
								{
									"match": "\\S+",
									"name": "invalid.source.powershell"
								}
							]
						}
					},
					"contentName": "string.quoted.single.heredoc.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#doubleQuotedStrings"
				},
				{
					"include": "#accessors"
				}
			]
		},
		"singleQuotedStrings": {
			"comment": "single quoted strings",
			"begin": "['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]",
			"beginCaptures": {
				"0": {
					"name": "punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell"
				}
			},
			"end": "['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"endCaptures": {
				"0": {
					"name": "punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell"
				}
			},
			"name": "string.quoted.single.powershell",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]{2}",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				}
			]
		},
		"doubleQuotedStrings": {
			"comment": "double quoted strings",
			"begin": "(?:[\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}])",
			"beginCaptures": {
				"0": {
					"name": "punctuation.definition.string.begin.powershell"
				}
			},
			"end": "(?:[\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}])",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"endCaptures": {
				"0": {
					"name": "punctuation.definition.string.end.powershell"
				}
			},
			"name": "string.quoted.double.powershell",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#variableNoProperty"
				},
				{
					"include": "#doubleQuotedStringEscapes"
				},
				{
					"include": "#substatementEmbedded"
				}
			]
		},
		"functionName": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "`(?!\\n)\\s",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"comment": "backtick at end of function name cannot continue line, becomes literal",
					"match": "`$"
				},
				{
					"include": "#argumentModeEscapes"
				},
				{
					"begin": "['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]",
					"end": "['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"match": "['\\x{2018}-\\x{201B}]{2}",
							"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}]",
					"end": "[\"\\x{201C}-\\x{201E}]",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#doubleQuotedStringEscapes"
						},
						{
							"begin": "\\$\\(",
							"end": "\\)",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#functionName"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "\\$\\(",
					"end": "\\)",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#functionName"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "\\$\\{",
					"end": "}",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"match": "\\$"
						},
						{
							"include": "#functionName"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"unquotedStrings_text": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "`(?!\\n)\\s",
					"name": "constant.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"comment": "backtick at end of unquoted text cannot continue line, becomes literal",
					"match": "`$"
				},
				{
					"include": "#argumentModeEscapes"
				},
				{
					"include": "#variableNoProperty"
				},
				{
					"include": "#singleQuotedStrings"
				},
				{
					"include": "#doubleQuotedStrings"
				},
				{
					"include": "#substatementEmbedded"
				}
			]
		},
		"terminators": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"comment": "`||` and `&&` implemented in PowerShell 7.1",
					"begin": "(\\|\\|)|(&&)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1":{
							"name": "keyword.other.special-method.pipeline-chain-failure.powershell"
						},
						"2":{
							"name": "keyword.other.special-method.pipeline-chain-success.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=[\\n;)}\\]])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#command_mode"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"operators_post": {
			"comment": "expression mode operators that follow operands mutually exclusive of each other.",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "(\\+\\+)|([\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]{2})",
					"captures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.postfix.unary.increment.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.postfix.unary.decrement.powershell"
						}
					}
				},
				{
					"comment": "the range operator is only available after an operand (but is a binary operator)",
					"begin": "(\\.\\.)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.range.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?:[+%*/\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]|\\?\\?)?=",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.assignment.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=\\n)(?!\\G)|(?=[,;&)}\\]])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						},
						{
							"include": "$self"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"advanceToOperand": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#advanceToToken"
				},
				{
					"include": "#subexpression"
				}
			]
		},
		"operator_preUnary_Comma": {
			"comment": "`,` preunary comma operator must be considered last",
			"begin": ",",
			"beginCaptures": {
				"0": {
					"name": "keyword.operator.unary.array-element-separator.comma.powershell"
				}
			},
			"end": "(?=.|$)",
			"applyEndPatternLast": true,
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#advanceToOperand"
				}
			]
		},
		"operators_preUnary": {
			"comment": "expression mode unary operators that precede operands.",
			"patterns": [
				{
					"begin": "(\\+\\+)|([\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]{2})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.prefix.unary.increment.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.prefix.unary.decrement.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]((?i:join|[ic]?(?:split)))(?!\\p{L})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.unary.string-${1:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-](?![\\p{L}\\p{N}.])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.unary.negate.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "see numeric constant for `!` preceeding valid numeric constants",
					"begin": "(?=[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])(?i:(.not)|(.bnot))(?!\\p{L})|(!)(?!\\w)|(\\+)(?![0-9.])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.logical.unary.not.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.bitwise.unary.bnot.powershell"
						},
						"3": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.logical.unary.not.powershell"
						},
						"4": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.unary.positive.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"not_operator": {
			"comment": "post unary operators that are not valid at this time",
			"match": "(?=[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])(?i:.not|.bnot)(?!\\p{L})|!",
			"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
		},
		"operators": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#operators_post"
				},
				{
					"begin": "(?=[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])(?i:(.is(?:not)?)|(.as))(?!\\p{L})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"1": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.comparison.type.powershell"
						},
						"2": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.type-cast.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]((?i:[ic]?(?:eq|ne|[gl][te]|(?:not)?(?:like|match|contains|in))))(?!\\p{L})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.comparison.${1:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]((?i:join|[ic]?(?:split|replace)))(?!\\p{L})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.string-${1:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]((?i:and|or|xor))(?!\\p{L})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.logical.${1:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-]((?i:band|bor|bxor|shl|shr))(?!\\p{L})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.bitwise.${1:/downcase}.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-](?i:f)(?!\\p{L})",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.string-format.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "[+%*/]|[\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-](?![\\p{L}\\x{2013}-\\x{2015}-])",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"begin": "\\?\\?",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.null-coalesce.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToOperand"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "selector (ternary) operator",
					"begin": "(?=\\?)",
					"end": "(?!\\G)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"begin": "\\G\\?",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "keyword.operator.selector.true-separator.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "(?=[:,;&)}\\]])",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#advanceToToken"
								},
								{
									"include": "#expression_mode"
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"comment": "this will inadvertently detect successive `:` without an operand between them",
							"begin": ":(?!:)",
							"beginCaptures": {
								"0": {
									"name": "keyword.operator.selector.false-separator.powershell"
								}
							},
							"end": "(?=.|$)",
							"applyEndPatternLast": true,
							"patterns": [
								{
									"include": "#advanceToOperand"
								},
								{
									"comment": "this will intentionally detect successive `:` without an operand between them",
									"match": ":",
									"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"notCode": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"match": "`(?!\\n)\\s",
					"name": "invalid.character.escape.powershell"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentBlock"
				},
				{
					"include": "#commentLine"
				},
				{
					"comment": "when nothing else matches in usual tokenizing, consume it to prevent other patterns from striking in the middle of what might be a command name.",
					"begin": "(?=[^\\[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"end": "(?=[\\s{(,;&|)}])",
					"contentName": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#functionName"
						}
					]
				}
			]
		},
		"redirection": {
			"patterns": [
				{
					"include": "#terminators"
				},
				{
					"comment": "`&` resume's in statement mode, added PowerShell 6 (previously reserved)",
					"begin": "&",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "punctuation.terminator.job.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=[\\n;)}\\]])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "$self"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"comment": "`|` resume's in command mode",
					"begin": "\\|(?!\\|)",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.other.pipe.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=\\n)(?!\\G)|(?=[;&)}\\]])",
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToToken"
						},
						{
							"include": "#command_mode"
						}
					]
				},
				{
					"match": "<(?!#)|[1-6]>&2",
					"name": "invalid.reserved.redirection.powershell"
				},
				{
					"match": "[2-6*]>&1",
					"name": "keyword.operator.redirection.to-stdout.powershell"
				},
				{
					"begin": "[1-6*]?>>?",
					"beginCaptures": {
						"0": {
							"name": "keyword.operator.redirection.powershell"
						}
					},
					"end": "(?=.|$)",
					"applyEndPatternLast": true,
					"patterns": [
						{
							"include": "#advanceToArgument"
						},
						{
							"begin": "(?<=[\\s>]|\\G|^)(?![\\s#;&|)}]|<#|$|`\\s)",
							"end": "(?!\\G)",
							"name": "meta.argument.redirect-file.powershell",
							"patterns": [
								{
									"comment": "`,`, `<` and `>` not permitted here",
									"match": "[,<>]",
									"name": "invalid.unexpected.source.powershell"
								},
								{
									"include": "#argument"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				}
			]
		}
	}
}