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2015-11 PowerShell.org Scripting Games Puzzle
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# Ideally this is [string[]] | |
param([string]$VMNameStr) | |
# Copying from old: Split up names by commas, trim the ends, output to screen | |
$VMNameStr -split "," | %{$_.trim()} |
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# Not [string[]], so will only accept one value | |
param([string]$VMNameStr) | |
# Don't define an empty array up top if you're not appending into it below | |
$VMs=@() | |
$VMNames=@() | |
# If there's a comma, we need to split into multiple names | |
if($VMNameStr.indexof(",") -gt 0) { | |
# $Trace only intended as debugging, can be ignored | |
$Trace="Found Comma..." | |
# Split up the names on commas, then trim up the ends | |
# This is the useful line, the other stuff makes it worse | |
$VMs=$VMNameStr -split "," | %{$_.trim()} | |
# Still ignoring here because it's not called below | |
$trace+="Length = $($VMs.length)" | |
$trace+=$VMs -is [array] | |
# This is the long way of coding ForEach | |
for($i=0;$i -lt $VMs.length;$i++){ | |
# Continuation of ForEach logic | |
if($VMs[$i] -gt ""){ | |
# Create $vmname0, value is the string name of current VM | |
# More variables that will not be called later | |
set-variable -Name ("vmname" + $i) -value $VMs[$i] | |
# Append the current VM name into $VMNames | |
$VMNames+=$VMs[$i] | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
# VMNameStr --> $VMName0 --> $VMNames | |
else{$VMName0=$VMNameStr;$VMNames=$VMName0} | |
# Show your triumphant split of names by comma | |
# Format varies depending on your input into the parameter | |
$VMNames |
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