Export function

Question

I am trying to create a function in which a user has to give a filename that can not containt an empty string. Besides that, the string can not contain a dot. When I run this fu

Answer 1

Use this to test your input:

!($script:newLog.contains('.')) -and !([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($script:newLog)) -and !([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($script:newLog))

Your regular expression (-match ".*" is essentially matching on everything.