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CodeGeneration.EscapeVariableName(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Management.Automation.Language
Assembly:
System.Management.Automation.dll
Package:
Microsoft.PowerShell.5.1.ReferenceAssemblies v1.0.0
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.0.13
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.1.7
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.2.12
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.3.5
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.4.0
Package:
Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.1.0
Package:
Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.2.0

Escapes content so that it is safe for inclusion in a string that will later be used in a variable name reference. This is only valid when used within PowerShell's curly brace naming syntax.

For example: '${' + EscapeVariableName('value') + '}'

public:
 static System::String ^ EscapeVariableName(System::String ^ value);
public:
 static Platform::String ^ EscapeVariableName(Platform::String ^ value);
 static std::wstring EscapeVariableName(std::wstring const & value);
public static string EscapeVariableName (string value);
static member EscapeVariableName : string -> string
Public Shared Function EscapeVariableName (value As String) As String

Parameters

value
String

The content to be included as a variable name.

Returns

String

Content with all curly braces and back-ticks escaped.

Applies to