list-anagrams.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Lists all anagrams of the given word
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script lists all anagrams of the given word.
.PARAMETER Word
	Specifies the word to use
.PARAMETER Columns
	Specifies the number of columns
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./list-anagrams Baby
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$Word = "", [int]$Columns = 8)

function GetPermutations {
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param(
        [parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True)]
        [string]$String = 'the'
    )
    Begin {
        Function NewAnagram { Param([int]$NewSize)              
            if ($NewSize -eq 1) {
                return
            }
            for ($i=0;$i -lt $NewSize; $i++) { 
                NewAnagram  -NewSize ($NewSize - 1)
                if ($NewSize -eq 2) {
                    New-Object PSObject -Property @{
                        Permutation = $stringBuilder.ToString()                  
                    }
                }
                MoveLeft -NewSize $NewSize
            }
        }
        Function MoveLeft { Param([int]$NewSize)        
            $z = 0
            $position = ($Size - $NewSize)
            [char]$temp = $stringBuilder[$position]           
            for ($z=($position+1);$z -lt $Size; $z++) {
                $stringBuilder[($z-1)] = $stringBuilder[$z]               
            }
            $stringBuilder[($z-1)] = $temp
        }
    }
    Process {
        $size = $String.length
        $stringBuilder = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder -ArgumentList $String
        NewAnagram -NewSize $Size
    }
    End {}
}

try {
	if ($Word -eq "" ) {
		$Word = read-host "Enter word"
		$Columns = read-host "Enter number of columns"
	}
	GetPermutations -String $Word | Format-Wide -Column $Columns
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}