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05-15-2008
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| | Append string to variable in Function Powershell newb here..so used to vbscript...can someone tell me how to make this work so that I can append text to my string variable within the function? $Global:myvar = "testing" write-host $myvar Function addstuff() { $myvar = $myvar +"123" } addstuff write-host $myvar Function addstuff() { $myvar = $myvar +"123" } |
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05-15-2008
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| | Re: Append string to variable in Function Victag wrote: Quote: > Powershell newb here..so used to vbscript...can someone tell me how to > make this work so that I can append text to my string variable within > the function? > > $Global:myvar = "testing" > write-host $myvar > > Function addstuff() > { > $myvar = $myvar +"123" > > } > > addstuff > write-host $myvar > Function addstuff() > { > $myvar = $myvar +"123" > > } you must do the same if you want to refer to the same: function addstuff() { $global:myvar=$global:myvar + "123" } When you also echo it out, you'll need to do $global:myvar -or- write-host $global:myvar Marco -- Microsoft MVP - Windows PowerShell http://www.microsoft.com/mvp PowerGadgets MVP http://www.powergadgets.com/mvp Blog: http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com |
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05-15-2008
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| | Re: Append string to variable in Function On May 15, 12:08*pm, "Marco Shaw [MVP]" <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote: Quote: > Victag wrote: Quote: > > Powershell newb here..so used to vbscript...can someone tell me how to > > make this work so that I can append text to my string variable within > > the function? Quote: > > $Global:myvar = "testing" > > write-host $myvar Quote: > > Function addstuff() > > { > > *$myvar = $myvar +"123" Quote: > > } Quote: > > addstuff > > write-host $myvar > > Function addstuff() > > { > > *$myvar = $myvar +"123" Quote: > > } > Well, you first declare your variable globally, so within your function, > you must do the same if you want to refer to the same: > > function addstuff() > { > * *$global:myvar=$global:myvar + "123" > > } > > When you also echo it out, you'll need to do > $global:myvar > -or- > write-host $global:myvar > > Marco > > -- > Microsoft MVP - Windows PowerShellhttp://www.microsoft.com/mvp > > PowerGadgets MVPhttp://www.powergadgets.com/mvp > > Blog:http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - |
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05-16-2008
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| | Re: Append string to variable in Function FYI, you can also shorthand it like this: $global:myvar += "123" "Victag" <miketaggart@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:d857aa40-d1fa-4a1d-aee5-f314c78e167d@xxxxxx Quote: > On May 15, 12:08 pm, "Marco Shaw [MVP]" > <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote: Quote: >> Victag wrote: Quote: >> > Powershell newb here..so used to vbscript...can someone tell me how to >> > make this work so that I can append text to my string variable within >> > the function? Quote: >> > $Global:myvar = "testing" >> > write-host $myvar Quote: >> > Function addstuff() >> > { >> > $myvar = $myvar +"123" Quote: >> > } Quote: >> > addstuff >> > write-host $myvar >> > Function addstuff() >> > { >> > $myvar = $myvar +"123" Quote: >> > } >> Well, you first declare your variable globally, so within your function, >> you must do the same if you want to refer to the same: >> >> function addstuff() >> { >> $global:myvar=$global:myvar + "123" >> >> } >> >> When you also echo it out, you'll need to do >> $global:myvar >> -or- >> write-host $global:myvar >> >> Marco >> >> -- >> Microsoft MVP - Windows PowerShellhttp://www.microsoft.com/mvp >> >> PowerGadgets MVPhttp://www.powergadgets.com/mvp >> >> Blog:http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > Worked like a charm...THANKS! |
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