Get-EventLog and variables

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1

I have a strange issue here:

This works:

$entrytype = "Error"
Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType $entrytype}

This also works:

Get-EventLog -LogName System  -EntryType "Error,Information,Warning,SuccessAudit,FailureAudit"}

However, this doesn’t work:

$entrytype = "Error,Information,Warning,SuccessAudit,FailureAudit"
Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType $entrytype}

The error returned is:

Cannot validate argument on parameter 'EntryType'. The argument "Error,Information,Warning,SuccessAudit,FailureAudit" does not belong to the set 
"Error,Information,FailureAudit,SuccessAudit,Warning" specified by the ValidateSet attribute. Supply an argument that is in the set and then try the command again.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-EventLog], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetEventLogCommand

If you look at the error, I am providing exactly what it wants but still it doesn’t like it for some reason, and I cannot figure out why.

So in short, if I put more than 1 EntryType in a variable, it’s not accepted anymore.

Why o why?

2

Your second example is using an array of strings:

One,Two,Three

Your not-working is using a single string:

“One,Two,Three”

The quotes prevent PowerShell from recognizing it as an array. Instead:

@(“One”,“Two”,“Three”)

Notice that the commas aren’t in quotes.

3

Thanks, I was already thinking in that direction, but did not get the syntax right it seems.