wingetautoupdate/Winget-AutoUpdate/functions/Get-WingetOutdatedApps.ps1

function Get-WingetOutdatedApps {
    class Software {
        [string]$Name
        [string]$Id
        [string]$Version
        [string]$AvailableVersion
    }

    #Get list of available upgrades on winget format
    Write-Log "Checking application updates on Winget Repository..." "yellow"
    $upgradeResult = & $Winget upgrade | Out-String

    #Start Convertion of winget format to an array. Check if "-----" exists
    if (!($upgradeResult -match "-----")){
        return
    }

    #Split winget output to lines
    $lines = $upgradeResult.Split([Environment]::NewLine) | Where-Object {$_}

    # Find the line that starts with "------"
    $fl = 0
    while (-not $lines[$fl].StartsWith("-----")){
        $fl++
    }
    
    #Get header line 
    $fl = $fl - 1

    #Get header titles
    $index = $lines[$fl] -split '\s+'

    # Line $fl has the header, we can find char where we find ID and Version
    $idStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf($index[1])
    $versionStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf($index[2])
    $availableStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf($index[3])
    $sourceStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf($index[4])

    # Now cycle in real package and split accordingly
    $upgradeList = @()
    For ($i = $fl + 2; $i -le $lines.Length; $i++){
        $line = $lines[$i]
        if ($line.Length -gt ($sourceStart+5) -and -not $line.Contains("--include-unknown")){
            $software = [Software]::new()
            $software.Name = $line.Substring(0, $idStart).TrimEnd()
            $software.Id = $line.Substring($idStart, $versionStart - $idStart).TrimEnd()
            $software.Version = $line.Substring($versionStart, $availableStart - $versionStart).TrimEnd()
            $software.AvailableVersion = $line.Substring($availableStart, $sourceStart - $availableStart).TrimEnd()
            #add formated soft to list
            $upgradeList += $software
        }
    }

    return $upgradeList
}