Powershell Function Not Working With Return - powershell

Question

function Get-CHPEL-Report
{
Clear-Host
Write-Output "Finding Newest CHPEL Report"
$PathCHPEL = Get-ChildItem -Path S:\CHPEL | Sort-Object LastWriteTime | Select-Object -last 1 | Select-Object FullName | ForEach-Object{$_.FullName}
Write-Output "Loading - $PathCHPEL"
#$global:CHPEL = Get-Content -Path $PathCHPEL | Select-Object -Skip 1 | ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter "`t"
$CHPEL = Get-Content -Path $PathCHPEL | Select-Object -Skip 1 | ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter "`t"
return $CHPEL
Clear-Host
}
$CHPEL = Get-CHPEL-Report
If i run this code I don't get anything written out to the screen and $CHPEL is empty.
But the code does work if I make the variable global in the function and just call the function. How can I make this work with Return so I don't have to have a global variable?
function Get-CHPEL-Report
{
Clear-Host
Write-Output "Finding Newest CHPEL Report"
$PathCHPEL = Get-ChildItem -Path S:\CHPEL | Sort-Object LastWriteTime | Select-Object -last 1 | Select-Object FullName | ForEach-Object{$_.FullName}
Write-Output "Loading - $PathCHPEL"
$global:CHPEL = Get-Content -Path $PathCHPEL | Select-Object -Skip 1 | ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter "`t"
Clear-Host
}
Get-CHPEL-Report

Answer 1

Try this:
function Get-CHPEL-Report {
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Finding Newest CHPEL Report"
$PathCHPEL = Get-ChildItem -Path D:\Temp\stackoverflw | Sort-Object LastWriteTime | Select-Object -last 1 | Select-Object FullName | ForEach-Object{$_.FullName}
Write-Host "Loading - $PathCHPEL"
$CHPEL = Get-Content -Path $PathCHPEL | Select-Object -Skip 1 | ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter "`t"
return $CHPEL
#Clear-Host #Never executed
}
$CHPEL = Get-CHPEL-Report
Write-Host $CHPEL
I have replaced "Write-Output" by "Write-Host" because it was include in the $CHPEL variable. You can also remove the last "Clear-Host", it is after the "return" and will never be executed.