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formatting unavailable inside interpolated subexpression

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Formatting doesn't seem to occur for code contained within an interpolation:

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In this example, the other 'else' statements just reformatted, but the remaining ones are inside an interpolation. It appears no formatting occurs in this condition, not even via using a selection (in VS Code). I use a lot of complicated interpolations. This code comes from https://github.com/msftrncs/PwshJSONtoPList/blob/master/ConvertTo-PList.ps1

> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.2.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    6.2.0
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.18890 
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}        
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }
1.18.0

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Start by reproducing the formatting behavior from the PowerShell example in the issue, including a selection in VS Code, and inspect how interpolated subexpressions are handled by PSScriptAnalyzer's formatter. Done means code inside the interpolation is formatted consistently with the surrounding else statements.

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