Set-Alias -Name v -Value 'vncviewer.exe'; 1 | Assert-Equivalent -Expected 2

v: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Assert\0.9.7\src\Equivalence\Assert-Equivalent.ps1:598
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 598 |      v "`$Expected has type $(Get-Type $Expected), `$Actual has type $ …
     |      ~
     | The term 'vncviewer.exe' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify
     | that the path is correct and try again.
v: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Assert\0.9.7\src\Equivalence\Assert-Equivalent.ps1:604
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 604 |          v "`$Expected is a value (value type, string, single value ar …
     |          ~
     | The term 'vncviewer.exe' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify
     | that the path is correct and try again.
v: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Assert\0.9.7\src\Equivalence\Assert-Equivalent.ps1:207
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 207 |          v "Equivalency comparator is used, values will be compared fo …
     |          ~
     | The term 'vncviewer.exe' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify
     | that the path is correct and try again.
v: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Assert\0.9.7\src\Equivalence\Assert-Equivalent.ps1:256
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 256 |      v "Comparing values as $(Format-Nicely (Get-Type $Expected)) beca …
     |      ~
     | The term 'vncviewer.exe' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify
     | that the path is correct and try again.
v: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Assert\0.9.7\src\Equivalence\Assert-Equivalent.ps1:262
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 262 |          v -Difference "`$Actual is not equivalent to $(Format-Nicely  …
     |          ~
     | The term 'vncviewer.exe' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify
     | that the path is correct and try again.
OperationStopped: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Assert\0.9.7\src\Equivalence\Assert-Equivalent.ps1:676
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 676 |          throw [Assertions.AssertionException]$message
     |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Expected and actual are not equivalent! Expected: 2  Actual: 1  Summary: Expected '2' to be equivalent to the actual value, but got '1'.

function v {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [String] $String,
        [Switch] $Difference,
        [Switch] $Equivalence,
        [Switch] $Skip
    )

    # we are using implict variable $Path
    # from the parent scope, this is ugly
    # and bad practice, but saves us ton of
    # coding and boilerplate code

    $p = ""
    $p += if ($null -ne $Path) {
        "($Path)"
    }

    $p += if ($Difference) {
        " DIFFERENCE"
    }

    $p += if ($Equivalence) {
        " EQUIVALENCE"
    }

    $p += if ($Skip) {
        " SKIP"
    }

    $p += if (""-ne $p) {
        " - "
    }

    Write-Verbose ("$p$String".Trim() + " ")
}