else: The term 'else' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.

Issue Description

I am experiencing a problem with… else is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program when using the “Format Document” feature.

Format Document (creates the error)

$x = 5
if ($x -eq 5) {
	"x = 5"
}
else {
	"x not equal 5"
}

Manual edit (now works)

$x = 5
if ($x -eq 5) {
	"x = 5"
}else {
	"x not equal 5"
}

BOTH of these work when run from PowerShell ISE or running the code via a normal powershell console. vscode for some reason does not like else being on a new line. This behaviour is the same for Windows PowerShell 5.2 and PowerShell 7.1.0

I use Format Document for all my scripts and I’ve never run into this issue with ‘else’ previously so do not know if this is a new bug introduced recently??

Environment Information

Visual Studio Code

Name	Version
Operating System	Windows_NT x64 10.0.14393
VSCode	1.51.1
PowerShell Extension Version	2020.6.0

PowerShell Information

Name	Value
PSVersion	7.1.0
PSEdition	Core
GitCommitId	7.1.0
OS	Microsoft Windows 10.0.14393
Platform	Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions	1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.1.10032.0 6.0.0 6.1.0 6.2.0 7.0.0 7.1.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion	2.3
SerializationVersion	1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion	3.0

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Visual Studio Code Extensions(Click to Expand)

Extension	Author	Version
better-comments	aaron-bond	2.1.0
powershell	ms-vscode	2020.6.0
vscode-icons	vscode-icons-team	11.0.0
vscode-theme-onedark	akamud	2.2.2

[TylerLeonhardt]

That’s because pressing F8 when dealing with “not the PowerShell Integrated Console” just throws the text in the editor into the terminal window.

With the “PowerShell Integrated Console”, we do something differently (sending a message behind the scenes with the full script to make sure the full script gets run). We can do this because it’s “Integrated”.

I’m not sure what can really be done about this behavior unless PSReadLine supported Paste Bracketing: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/issues/1471

[Guyver1wales]

Be sure to give that PSReadLine issue a like 😃

done 👍