return byte array from function

Author: ReneNyffenegger

language/type/array/byte/return-in-function/naive.ps1

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+function make-byteArray() {
+
+  [outputType( [byte[]] )]
+
+  [byte[]] $byteArray = new-object byte[] 2
+
+   $byteArray[0] = 0
+   $byteArray[1] = 1
+
+   write-host "type of byteArray: $($byteArray.GetType().FullName)"
+
+   return $byteArray
+}
+
+$x = make-byteArray
+write-host "type of x: $($x.GetType().FullName)"

language/type/array/byte/return-in-function/unary-comma.ps1

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+#
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/61440166/180275
+#
+function make-byteArray() {
+
+  [outputType( [byte[]] )]
+
+  [byte[]] $byteArray = new-object byte[] 2
+
+   $byteArray[0] = 0
+   $byteArray[1] = 1
+
+  ,$byteArray
+}
+
+$x = make-byteArray
+write-host "type of x: $($x.GetType().FullName)"

language/type/array/byte/return-in-function/write-output.ps1

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+#
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/61440506/180275
+#
+function make-byteArray() {
+
+  [outputType( [byte[]] )]
+
+  [byte[]] $byteArray = new-object byte[] 2
+
+   $byteArray[0] = 0
+   $byteArray[1] = 1
+
+   write-output -noEnumerate $byteArray
+}
+
+$x = make-byteArray
+write-host "type of x: $($x.GetType().FullName)"