external help file: PoshToolbox-help.xml Module Name: PoshToolbox online version: https://gitlab.com/PoshAJ/PoshToolbox/-/blob/main/docs/Use-ErrorCoalescing.md schema: 2.0.0
Implements an Error-coalescing operator (?!).
Use-ErrorCoalescing -InputObject <ScriptBlock> [[-IfError] <Object>] [<CommonParameters>]The Use-ErrorCoalescing function simulates the effect of an error-coalescing operator.
An error-coalescing operator ?! returns the value of its left-hand operand if it isn't an error. Otherwise, it evaluates the right-hand operand and returns its result. The ?! operator doesn't evaluate its right-hand operand if the left-hand operand evaluates without error.
Specifies the expression to be executed if the <condition> expression is an error.
Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseSpecifies the <condition> expression to be evaluated and returned if not an error.
Type: ScriptBlock
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: FalseThis function supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
You can pipe a scriptblock that represents the expression to be evaluated.
Returns the output that is generated based on evaluating the expression.