PowerShell7/test/powershell/Set-Variable.Tests.ps1
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Describe "Set-Variable" {
${nl} = [Environment]::Newline
It "Should create a new variable with no parameters" {
{ Set-Variable testVar } | Should Not Throw
}
It "Should assign a value to a variable it has to create" {
Set-Variable -Name testVar -Value 4
Get-Variable testVar -ValueOnly | Should Be 4
}
It "Should change the value of an already existing variable" {
$testVar=1
$testVar | Should Not Be 2
Set-Variable testVar -Value 2
$testVar | Should Be 2
}
It "Should be able to be called with the set alias" {
set testVar -Value 1
$testVar | Should Be 1
}
It "Should be able to be called with the sv alias" {
sv testVar -Value 2
$testVar | Should Be 2
}
It "Should be able to set variable name using the Name parameter" {
Set-Variable -Name testVar -Value 1
$testVar | Should Be 1
}
It "Should be able to set the value of a variable by piped input" {
$testValue = "piped input"
$testValue | Set-Variable -Name testVar
$testVar | Should Be $testValue
}
It "Should be able to pipe object properties to output using the PassThru switch" {
$in = Set-Variable -Name testVar -Value "test" -Description "test description" -PassThru
$output = $in | Format-List -Property Description | Out-String
# This will cause errors running these tests in Windows
$output | Should Be "${nl}${nl}Description : test description${nl}${nl}${nl}${nl}"
}
It "Should be able to set the value using the value switch" {
Set-Variable -Name testVar -Value 4
$testVar | Should Be 4
Set-Variable -Name testVar -Value "test"
$testVar | Should Be "test"
}
Context "Scope Tests" {
It "Should be able to set a global scope variable using the global switch" {
{ Set-Variable globalVar -Value 1 -Scope global -Force } | Should Not Throw
}
It "Should be able to set a global variable using the script scope switch" {
{ Set-Variable globalVar -Value 1 -Scope script -Force } | Should Not Throw
}
It "Should be able to set an item locally using the local switch" {
{ Set-Variable globalVar -Value 1 -Scope local -Force } | Should Not Throw
}
}
}