Question:
This is my function for finding the square of a value:
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function Get-Square($value) { $result = $value * $value return $result } $value = Read-Host 'Enter a value' $result = Get-Square $value Write-Output "$value * $value = $result" |
Why is the result 4444 and not 16? Thank you.
Answer:
It seems that Read-Host is returning a string, and a string times any value in powershell, results in string repeated value times. You need to make powershell treat $value as an integer. Try this:
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function Get-Square([int]$value) { $result = $value * $value return $result } $value = Read-Host 'Enter a value' $result = Get-Square $value Write-Output "$value * $value = $result" |