How can we use variables inside the inline script in another inline script in PowerShell workflow in Azure runbooks

Question

“In my Runbook workflow, I’d like to use the variables created in one inline script block within another inline script block.” Please suggest how can do this

Workflow

{

inline script

{

$a=1

}

inline script

{

$b=$a -- fist inline block variable

write-output $b

}

}

Answer 1

@Ponkam, Sumanth (Cognizant), You cannot directly pass variables/values from one inlinescript to another inlinescript in PowerShell workflows. To achieve this requirement, a variable at workflow scope is required which can be accessed through $using scope modifier.

The following example workflow shows a sample scenario:

workflow test
{
    $a = 0 #variable at workflow scope
    $a = InlineScript 
         {
            $b = 3;
            $b  #returned value gets assigned to workflow variable "$a"
         }
  

   $a = InlineScript
        {
            $b = $Using:a - 1;
            $b
        }
   Write-Output "New value of variable 'a' = $a"
}
test

For more details, see variables in InlineScript

Hope this helps.

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