PowerShell script parse-error: what is the reason for the error in my code snippet? These lines were not changed, but started getting the error
22:58 23 Jun 2026

I'm very new to PowerShell and PowerShell scripting. While adding argument handling code to a Papyrus script compilation PowerShell script that I found at NexusMods.com, I started getting this parse-error: ParserError: C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Skyrim Anniversary Edition\Tools\Papyus Compiler\mtpc.ps1:
264 Line |
264 | Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "InputPath: '$InputPath'"
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Unexpected token '$InputPath'"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Input: '$Input'"
Write-Host
| -ForegroundColor White "In: '$In'"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "SourcePath: '$SourcePath'"
| Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Source: '$Source'"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Src:
| '$Src'" Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "InputsPath: '$InputsPath'"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White
| "Inputs: '$Inputs'"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Ins: '$Ins'"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor | White "SourcesPath: '$SourcesPath'"
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Sources: '$Sources'"
PS C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Skyrim Anniversary Edition\Tools\Papyus Compiler>

Here are the lines from the script that are causing the errors:

$InputsPath = ( "hi", " ", "there" )  
$Inputs     = ( "you", " ", "too" )  
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "InputPath:    '$InputPath'"  
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "Input:        '$Input'"  
Write-Host -ForegroundColor White "In:           '$In'"

These lines are followed by more Write-Host statements, but those aren't erroring.

The strange thing is that these lines worked before I added this IsStringArrayEmpty function, which is actually defined before the above code:

#  
# Function IsStringArrayEmpty  
#  
# That verifies that the specified parameters aren't using  
# more than one parameter name form at the same time.  
#  
  
function IsStringArrayEmpty {  
  [CmdletBinding()]  
  
  # Enables advanced function features  
  
  param(  
     [Parameter( ValueFromRemainingArguments = $true )]  
     [object[]] $AllArgs  
  )  
  
  try {  
  
    #  
    # Give $Array a value,  
    # so that something will  
    # show in the error message  
    # if an error occurs before  
    # $Array is assigned its  
    # real value.  
    #  
  
    $Array = 'Unknown"  
  
    #  
    # If there are any, but only one,  
    # named parameter with a value.  
    #  
  
    if( $( $AllArgs.Count ) -eq 2 ) {  
  
      #  
      # Assign the named parameters  
      # value, the value after the  
      # parameter named, to $Array  
      #  

      $Array = $( $AllArgs[ 1 ] )  
  
    }  
    elseif( $( $args.Count ) -eq 1 ) {  
  
      #  
      # Assign the first positional parameter  
      # to $array  
      #  
  
      $Array = $( $args[ 0 ] )  
  
    }  
    else {  
  
      throw # Unsuported number of arguments!  
  
    }  
  
    #  
    # Validate the paramete\`s value is now an  
    # $Array is a string Array  
    #  
  
    if( $Array -as [Sting[]] ) {  
  
      #  
      # Return True if the array exists and has  
      # elements else false.  
      #  
  
      return ( $Array -and $Array.Count -gt 0 )  
  
    }  
  
    throw # All other errors  
  
  }  
  catch {  
  
    # Any error  

    Write-Error `  
      -ErrorAction Stop `  
      -Message `  
        "IsArrayEmpty - " + `  
        "Only one parameter($Array) " + `  
        "of type array of strings is allowed!"  
  
      }  
  
    } # End of function IsStringArrayEmpty.

The IsStringArrayEmpty function is called as follows, after the code that is getting the parse-error:

$count = 0  
if( -not( IsStringArrayEmpty $InputsPath ) ) { ++$count }  
if( -not( IsStringArrayEmpty $Inputs ) )     { ++$count }

But with the script parse error occurring these lines aren't executing.

Thank You

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