Passing arguments to a function

Is this happening just because it is a Monday?

$args is to provide arguments to a script, but isn't it also to provide
arguments to a function?

What am I missing here?

PS C:\> ps|where{$_.processname -eq "outlook"}

Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
1276 20 46804 8704 487 59.97 3048 OUTLOOK


PS C:\> function getproc {
>> $output=ps|where{$_.processname -eq "outlook"}
>> $output
>> }
>>
PS C:\> . getproc outlook

Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
1276 20 46804 8748 487 60.01 3048 OUTLOOK


PS C:\> function getproc {
>> $output=ps|where{$_.processname -eq "$args"}
>> $output
>> }
>>
PS C:\> . getproc outlook <--returns *nothing*
PS C:\> function getproc {
>> $output=ps|where{$_.processname -eq "$args[0]"}
>> $output
>> }
>>
PS C:\> . getproc outlook <--returns *nothing*
PS C:\>

Hi Marco,

> Is this happening just because it is a Monday?
>
> $args is to provide arguments to a script, but isn't it also to provide
> arguments to a function?
>
> What am I missing here?

Where-Object binds its own args$ variable. In order to get your function
running you have to save the original $args variable first and use that
instead:

function getproc {
$a=$args
$output=ps|where{$_.processname -eq "$a"}
$output
}


hth

Max