I have a simple for loop and I am getting a wierd error in PS v2 in
Windows 7 I am sure I am not doing something right, but I am
stumped...



for ($a = 1, $a -le 5, $a++) { write-host $a}

Gives me:

Bad argument to operator '-le': Could not compare "1" to "System.Object
[]". Error: "Cannot convert the "System.Object[]
" value of type "System.Object[]" to type "System.Int32".".
At C:\scripts\Test-network.ps1:2 char:20
+ for ($a = 1, $a -le <<<< 5, $a++)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: ( [],
RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadOperatorArgument

Duh, semicolons, not comas. *blush*

On Feb 2, 9:00*am, Jsimpson <jsimpson2...@newsgroup> wrote:

> I have a simple for loop and I am getting a wierd error in PS v2 in
> Windows 7 I am sure I am not doing something right, but I am
> stumped...
>
> for ($a = 1, $a -le 5, $a++) { write-host $a}
>
> Gives me:
>
> Bad argument to operator '-le': Could not compare "1" to "System.Object
> []". Error: "Cannot convert the "System.Object[]
> " value of type "System.Object[]" to type "System.Int32".".
> At C:\scripts\Test-network.ps1:2 char:20
> + for ($a = 1, $a -le <<<< *5, $a++)
> * * + CategoryInfo * * * * *: InvalidOperation: ( [],
> RuntimeException
> * * + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadOperatorArgument

Hehe, happened to me too many times at beginning

BTW does anyone know reason why For is using ";" instead of ","? Just
to make it less error-prone in case user wants to use 1,2,3?

Martin

Rough guess off the top of my head...commas delimit elements of an array,
semi-colons delimit commands on the same line.

--

tim



"Martin Zugec" <martin.zugec@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:e7c546e8-8054-46e5-b0d1-63c97692fd90@newsgroup

> Hehe, happened to me too many times at beginning
>
> BTW does anyone know reason why For is using ";" instead of ","? Just
> to make it less error-prone in case user wants to use 1,2,3?
>
> Martin

That's what I ment also (of course @(1,2,3) would to the trick), my second
guess would be some C* convention...

Martin

"Tim Munro" <Excelsior@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:u5wnhMNpKHA.2076@newsgroup

> Rough guess off the top of my head...commas delimit elements of an array,
> semi-colons delimit commands on the same line.
>
> --
>
> tim
>
>
>
> "Martin Zugec" <martin.zugec@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:e7c546e8-8054-46e5-b0d1-63c97692fd90@newsgroup

>> Hehe, happened to me too many times at beginning
>>
>> BTW does anyone know reason why For is using ";" instead of ","? Just
>> to make it less error-prone in case user wants to use 1,2,3?
>>
>> Martin

>
>