Using a function in a calculated field in Powershell? - powershell

Question

So I have this:
get-ADUser -SearchRoot 'boogers.com/Locations/Kleenex' |
Where-Object { $_.TITLE -ne 'Snot' } |
Select LastName,FirstName,Description,SamAccountName,Department,TITLE, #{Name='bs_value';Expression=#{Name='TITLE'; Expression={(Get-Culture).TextInfo.ToTitleCase($_.Title.ToLower())}}
And it works great, until, oh I dunno, I want another calculated field...then it becomes JUST TOO LONG!
So I write a function:
function tc($name, $str) {
return #{Name=$name; Expression={(Get-Culture).TextInfo.ToTitleCase($str.ToLower())}}
}
Seems reasonable enough, no?
But if I run the function:
$bob = tc 'Title' 'bob'
I get:
Name Value
---- -----
Expression (Get-Culture).TextInfo.ToTitleCase($str.ToLower())
Name Title
Instead of...
Name Value
---- -----
Expression "Bob"
Name Title
I just want the code to be shorter! I'm using a computer!

Answer 1

since you didn't show how you were calling the modified function i mentioned in my comment, i presume you were not using it correctly. [grin] your function is ... rather peculiar, so i rewrote it to work in a more normal manner.
function ConvertTo-TitleCase ([string]$InString)
{
(Get-Culture).TextInfo.ToTitleCase($InString.ToLower())
}
Get-LocalUser |
Where-Object {
$_.Name -notmatch "Admin|Guest|Home|$env:USERNAME"
} |
Select-Object -Property Name, FullName, Enabled,
#{Name='bs_value';Expression={ConvertTo-TitleCase -InString $_.Description}}
output from my local use list ...
Name FullName Enabled bs_value
---- -------- ------- --------
22 2 Digit 2 True The Digit 2 Twice
TooToo Too Also Too True The Word For Also, Repeated Twice
ToTo To Thataway To True The Destination Designator, Two Times.
Tutu Tutu Dress Tutu True The Ballet Apparel For Ladies.
TwoTwo Two Number Two True Repeating The Name Of The Number After One.