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##$parseDateTaken is not defined yet but will be before $DateDir is set.
##It's being used as a toggle to include or exclude the year directory.

$YearDir = "\" + {(Get-Date $parseDateTaken).Year}
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$DateDir = $YearDir + "\" + $parseDateTaken

How can get the block of code to run when $YearDir is used? Right now it only interprets the whole thing as a string. I want to keep it a oneliner.

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    I would use $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.ExpandString for this. Commented Jul 25, 2019 at 17:35
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    $YearDir = { "\" + ((Get-Date $parseDateTaken).Year) }; $DateDir = (& $YearDir) + "\" + $parseDateTaken Commented Jul 25, 2019 at 19:04
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