windows powershell variables code example

Example 1: how to assign a value to a variable in batch script using powershell

@echo OFF
for /f %%a in ('powershell -file script.ps1') do set "pass=%%~a"
echo %pass%

Example 2: set variable in powershell

Set-Variable -Name "desc" -Value "A description"
Get-Variable -Name "desc"

Name                           Value
----                           -----
desc                           A description

Example 3: powershell command line variables

write-host "There are a total of $($args.count) arguments"
for ( $i = 0; $i -lt $args.count; $i++ ) {
    write-host "Argument  $i is $($args[$i])"
}