Variables appear out of order when expanded in Here-String function

Question

I just ran into what I think is a very strange issue, but it's very possible I'm just doing something wrong.

When I run this code:

Function OutOfOrder($animal,$verb,$adjective) {
@"
The quick brown $animal $verb over the $adjective dog
"@
}

OutOfOrder("fox","jumped","lazy")

This is the output I receive:

The quick brown fox jumped lazy  over the  dog

Behavior is the same in PS 2.0 and 3.0. What gives?

Thanks!

Mike Shepard · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-05 16:55:38Z

2

This is a common mistake. You shouldn't use parens and commas when calling a powershell function.

You passed an array of 3 strings to the first parameter and the other 2 came across empty.

Try this:

 OutOfOrder "fox" "jumped" "lazy"

answered Jul 5, 2012 at 16:55

Mike Shepard

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