So in my Powershell script I have 2 variables getting multiplied by each other, but there is one problem, Powershell can't tell that I want to multiply the variables by each other. The script is below:
$answer = $a*$equation
The $a variable is 7.
The $equation variable is 365*675/54
So what I want the script to do is 7*365*675/54 and set the answer to the $answer variable.
When I debug the script it says that the problem is in the * symbol. Can anyone help here?
I would use Invoke-Expression instead of running another PowerShell instance.
$answer = Invoke-Expression "$a*$equation"
It sounds like the behavior you want is for Powershell to interpret the variable $equation as a mathematical; expression and not a value. In general this is not how variables work in powershell. They represent values, not expressions. Hence powershell sees this as a string and not a number.
This can be done though by spinning up another instance of powershell and asking it to interpret the string. It will then return the result which you can store
$resolved = powershell $equation
$answer = $a * $resolved
