Question

have a great 2013. I am getting my hands wet on my first PS Script and I am stuck on a very common error, the “Unexpected Token” error. I’ve searched the internet, but could not find an answer, so please help me out.

    If ($_.Voorvoegsel.Trim() -ieq "") {
        $dn = $_.Voornaam.Trim() + " " 
        $dn += $_.Achternaam.Trim()
        $email = $_.Voornaam.substring(0,1).ToLower() + "."
        $email+= $_.Achternaam.Trim().ToLower() + "@test.nl
    } Else {
        $dn = $_.Voornaam.Trim() + " "
        $dn += $_.Voorvoegsel.Trim() + " "
        $dn += $_.Achternaam.Trim() 
        $email = $_.Voornaam.substring(0,1).ToLower() + "."
        $email += $_.Voorvoegsel.Replace(" ","").ToLower()
        $email += $_.Achternaam.Trim().ToLower() + "@test.nl
    }

The strange thing is that it errors on the $_.Voorvoegsel variable in the else statement:

Unexpected token '
            $dn += $_.Voorvoegsel.Trim()
            $dn += ' in expression or statement.
At C:\Users\Public\Documents\PSImportTest.ps1:42 char:12
+             $dn = $_ <<<< .Voornaam.Trim() + " "
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (
            $dn += $_....m()
            $dn += :String) [], ParseException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

Anyone out there who sees what my blind spot is here?

Answer 1

It may be that you are missing an end quote on line 5:

$email += $_.Acternaam.Trim().ToLower() + "@test.nl"

It looks like you also may be missing one on line 12. Powershell may think the rest of the code, until the next quote character, is part of your string literal.