Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed

Using Param

A special construct, param, can be used to force the way arguments are passed to a script or function:

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PS>function test_param {>> param([string]$arg1)>> write-host "Argument 1 is $arg1">> }>>PS>test_param "testing"Argument 1 is testingPS>test_param -arg1 "testing"Argument 1 is testingPS>

In this example, param is used to specify that a parameter passed to this script will be a string object and will be contained in the variable $arg1 for later use in the script.

Note

The biggest difference between using param or $args with arguments occurs when the number of arguments is known versus unknown. The param keyword should not be used when the number of arguments passed is not known.

Note

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