Return variable names and values from a function

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1

Hi,
I am calling another script, (or could be a function), which gathers data from a website, then sets variable names to the values retrieved. I want to return the variable names as well as their values to my parent script.

Here is are the script results:

$tag1 = ($json.os).Replace(" “,”_")
$tag2=$json.type
$tag3=$json.virtual_subtype

I need to have the variable names $tag1, $tag2, and $tag3 and their values returned to the parent script.

Can someone advise me?

Thanks!

2

It would be a better practice to return a single object. The caller can assign it to whatever variable they like:

# in your function:

[pscustomobject] @{
    Tag1 = ($json.os).Replace(" ","_")
    Tag2 = $json.type
    Tag3 = $json.virtual_subtype
}

# Out in the calling code:

$result = Do-Something # placeholder for the call to your function

$result.Tag1
$result.Tag2
$result.Tag3
3

That works perfectly thanks!

One last part is that I need to trim the results of Tag1 further.

$tag1 is now Microsoft_Windows_Server_2003_Standard_(32-bit)

Sometimes $tag1 might be Microsoft_Windows_Server_2003_Enterprise_(64-bit)

I will need to trim everything after the “_” which is following the Enterprise or Standard. This value could be different depending upon what the $tag1 ends up being. In every case, all I want is the OS (Microsoft_Windows_Server_2003_Enterprise) not anything after that string.

Would you please help me with this?
Thanks so much!

4 
Tag1 = $json.os -replace ' ','_' -replace '_\([^()]*\)$'

It’s basically hieroglyphics, but that’s a regex to trim “_(Whatever)” from the end of the string.

5

Works perfectly thanks!

deleting my text, things are working now…

Thanks!