What Are You Doing Right Now

Obsolesce

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This will sound super-n00bish, but oh well. $args in PowerShell has changed my life. That is all. Continue with your regularly scheduled ML trolling, lurking, and posting.

How so?

I really only ever used it to check for extra arguments/parameters in my functions / scripts to output an error if the $args.count is higher than it should be, for example.

What are you using it for?

I'm working on a script right now that will make use of start-job and using $args lets me pass the value of a variable between scopes. In this case, I'd be passing a value from earlier in the script into the start-job scriptblock.

Man, it took me forever to figure out how to do something similar!

You could just set the -scope of the variable to global...

EddieJennings

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This will sound super-n00bish, but oh well. $args in PowerShell has changed my life. That is all. Continue with your regularly scheduled ML trolling, lurking, and posting.

How so?

I really only ever used it to check for extra arguments/parameters in my functions / scripts to output an error if the $args.count is higher than it should be, for example.

What are you using it for?

I'm working on a script right now that will make use of start-job and using $args lets me pass the value of a variable between scopes. In this case, I'd be passing a value from earlier in the script into the start-job scriptblock.

Man, it took me forever to figure out how to do something similar!

You could just set the -scope of the variable to global...

I've never used -scope when defining a variable. I'll have to try that out.

Obsolesce

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This will sound super-n00bish, but oh well. $args in PowerShell has changed my life. That is all. Continue with your regularly scheduled ML trolling, lurking, and posting.

How so?

I really only ever used it to check for extra arguments/parameters in my functions / scripts to output an error if the $args.count is higher than it should be, for example.

What are you using it for?

I'm working on a script right now that will make use of start-job and using $args lets me pass the value of a variable between scopes. In this case, I'd be passing a value from earlier in the script into the start-job scriptblock.

Man, it took me forever to figure out how to do something similar!

You could just set the -scope of the variable to global...

I've never used -scope when defining a variable. I'll have to try that out.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/set-variable?view=powershell-5.1

Change to version 6 documentation if you are using that.

jmoore

@zachary715 I missed them all unfortunately and I hate that.

zachary715

@jmoore said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@zachary715 I missed them all unfortunately and I hate that.

Well I've got good news for you. There's 161 games left to be played :winking_face:

jmoore

@zachary715 haha yeah!

LilAng

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

WrCombs

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

Not me. I need to be as caffeinated i can get today !
No specific reason...

LilAng

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

Not me. I need to be as caffeinated i can get today !
No specific reason...

haha I have been having trouble sleeping and i drink 3-5 cups a day. today it snowed so i'm cold and will drink more so i'll reduce caffeine.

WrCombs

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

Not me. I need to be as caffeinated i can get today !
No specific reason...

haha I have been having trouble sleeping and i drink 3-5 cups a day. today it snowed so i'm cold and will drink more so i'll reduce caffeine.

Fair enough !

scottalanmiller

@Romo had a small car accident this morning, so we are extra busy around here. And we have four people to interview when he gets back!

scottalanmiller

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

Not me. I need to be as caffeinated i can get today !
No specific reason...

haha I have been having trouble sleeping and i drink 3-5 cups a day. today it snowed so i'm cold and will drink more so i'll reduce caffeine.

3-5 cups a day will definitely cause sleeping issues.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

Not me. I need to be as caffeinated i can get today !
No specific reason...

haha I have been having trouble sleeping and i drink 3-5 cups a day. today it snowed so i'm cold and will drink more so i'll reduce caffeine.

3-5 cups a day will definitely cause sleeping issues.

I sleep just fine, and i drink way more than that. But my body has had so much caffeine on a daily basis for so long it just isn't funny.

I know it cannot be healthy.

LilAng

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

Not me. I need to be as caffeinated i can get today !
No specific reason...

haha I have been having trouble sleeping and i drink 3-5 cups a day. today it snowed so i'm cold and will drink more so i'll reduce caffeine.

3-5 cups a day will definitely cause sleeping issues.

I sleep just fine, and i drink way more than that. But my body has had so much caffeine on a daily basis for so long it just isn't funny.

I know it cannot be healthy.

your body has gotten adjusted to it. I had quit coffee, beer, and tea for 3 years! Now i'm a lightweight!

scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Brewing half caffeine coffee. Because its the weekend and i need all the sleep i can get

Not me. I need to be as caffeinated i can get today !
No specific reason...

haha I have been having trouble sleeping and i drink 3-5 cups a day. today it snowed so i'm cold and will drink more so i'll reduce caffeine.

3-5 cups a day will definitely cause sleeping issues.

I sleep just fine, and i drink way more than that. But my body has had so much caffeine on a daily basis for so long it just isn't funny.

I know it cannot be healthy.

I used to drink over the standard toxicity limit and felt okay. But long term, it takes a toll.

dafyre

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This will sound super-n00bish, but oh well. $args in PowerShell has changed my life. That is all. Continue with your regularly scheduled ML trolling, lurking, and posting.

How so?

I really only ever used it to check for extra arguments/parameters in my functions / scripts to output an error if the $args.count is higher than it should be, for example.

What are you using it for?

I'm working on a script right now that will make use of start-job and using $args lets me pass the value of a variable between scopes. In this case, I'd be passing a value from earlier in the script into the start-job scriptblock.

Man, it took me forever to figure out how to do something similar!

You could just set the -scope of the variable to global...

I've never used -scope when defining a variable. I'll have to try that out.

Me either, lol. Time to research that tip.

scottalanmiller

Finally managed to get some coffee.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Finally managed to get some coffee.

I had a tripple shot of espresso and a Mocha frappucino from Starbucks this morning... I should be floating about six inches off the floor right now... but it didn't do a dang thing for me.

scottalanmiller

I'm just on a pot of drip.

scottalanmiller

@romo is just about done dealing with his car accident.