{"id":5001,"date":"2012-09-08T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2012\/09\/08\/powertip-dont-name-a-variable-input\/"},"modified":"2012-09-08T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-dont-name-a-variable-input","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-dont-name-a-variable-input\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Don’t Name a Variable $input"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Summary<\/b>: Advice against using $input<\/b> for a variable name.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Can I use a variable named $input<\/b> to hold input from the Read-Host<\/b> cmdlet?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, $input<\/b> is an automatic variable that is used for script blocks in the middle of a pipeline.<\/p>\n

<\/span>As such, it would be a very poor choice. <\/p>\n

<\/span>Call the variable something like $userInput<\/b> if you wish; but please do not call it $input<\/b>! <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Advice against using $input for a variable name.  Can I use a variable named $input to hold input from the Read-Host cmdlet?  $input is an automatic variable that is used for script blocks in the middle of a pipeline. As such, it would be a very poor choice.  Call the variable something like $userInput if you wish; but please do not call it $input! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-5001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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