exporting variables created in a function

[w1nter]

hey all,

this isnt strictly a powercli question, but hopefully someone can provide some insight into this.

I am building some pretty chunky scripts to do stuff and want to use functions where i can, as you do

problem is any variables i create/update during the execution of the function are not available outside of the function on PS 1 does anyone know how to do this?

think of the code like this:

function blah

{

Write-Host "yea do some stuff"

$var = 1 + 1

}

$var is only accessible inside the function...i guess by design, but the code blocks i am trying to build need to be able to spit out a $var - am i missing some fundamental part of functions?

hopefully someone can push me in the right direction - thanks in advance for the help!

Regards,

David

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You can let the function return the variable to your main like this

function blah
{
Write-Host "yea do some stuff"
$var = 1 + 1
$var
}

$mainvar = blah

[w1nter]

many thanks!