Variable not appearing in Function

[pra4ash]

Guys - newbie here, please bear with me.

1. I have a function that'll store user credential. It's in the profile file

2. profile loads, I initiate the function manually Get-MyUserCred

3. Loads successfully and exits the function

4. Why am I not able to use the variable ($cred) from that function? It just doesn't work, however, if I remove the function from the profile file, it works.

Not sure if this makes sense to you guys, but any help is much appreciated!

Thank you 

#Prakash

[#2]

@pra4ash This is because of Powershell scopes. You can read about scopes here: https://ss64.com/ps/syntax-scopes.html

In your case you have to use $global:Cred = Get-Credential to make the $Cred available outside your function!

Grtz, Manfred de Laat