Question

I have a PowerShell function where I’m getting a strange parsing error (it won’t compile, both PowerGUI (the editor I use), and PowerShell (when I try to Import-Module)), give me a Parsing error.

Here’s a link to pastebin with my code: My Function @ Pastebin

Here’s a link to a picture showing the parsing-error-message: Error message @ Imgur

Anyone familiar with this parsing error? I tried deleting the Write-Verbosestatements it complained about, but that didn’t help any, it just jumped to the next one, even if it was inside a completely different codeblock. (E.G. Process{...} vs End{...}).

Answer 1

You’re missing a backtick before on the quote before ‘Any Errors’ on line 161:

Write-Error "`"Could not connect to remote computer $server!`"`n`t`t`t`t`t`t`t`t      "Any errors on line 109 relates to this fact.`""

Should be:

Write-Error "`"Could not connect to remote computer $server!`"`n`t`t`t`t`t`t`t`t      `"Any errors on line 109 relates to this fact.`""

That caused some mismatched quotes which then caused the last quote in your script, i.e. the one at the end of “Returning Hashtable…” on line 247, to throw an error.