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function multiplication2 ($value1, $value2)

{

“Processing Multiplication”

$product = $value1 * $value2

$product

}

To run the function in Windows PowerShell, use the following command:

C:\PS> $p = multiplication2 10 2

C:\PS> $p

As shown in Figure 6.4, the output is also

Processing Multiplication

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6.2.3 Windows PowerShell Scripts

A Windows PowerShell script is a le that contains the PowerShell source code and

has the.ps1 le extension. Similar to a scripting language such as Perl, Python, or

VBScript, the PowerShell script is exible and portable. e PowerShell script code is

not compiled at runtime but is rather interpreted. To support scripting, a PowerShell

package provides two components, PowerShell runtime envi ...