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Write-Output 'Understand how $PreferenceVariable controls verbose output'

# prints current value of $verbosepreference
Write-Host "VerbosePreference is set to: $VerbosePreference"

# understanding how $VerbosePreference controls the verbose output
# case 1: set to bypass verbose stream
$VerbosePreference = "SilentlyContinue"
Write-Host "VerbosePreference is set to: $VerbosePreference"
Write-Verbose -message "This line will not be shown"

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# Sample pipeline code to demonstrate scheduling using cron syntax

pool:
  name: 'Hosted Ubuntu 1604'

schedules:
- cron: "0 * * * *"
  displayName: "hourly build"
  branches:
    include:

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schedules:
- cron: string # cron syntax defining a schedule
  displayName: string # friendly name given to a specific schedule
  branches:
    # include is calculated first followed by exclude
    # there is no implicit include
    include: [ string ] # which branches the schedule applies to
    exclude: [ string ] # which branches to exclude from the schedule
  always: boolean # whether to always run the pipeline or only if there have been source code changes since the last run. The default is false.

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Function Get-PersonDetails {
    Begin {
        Write-Verbose "In Begin Block: Get-PersonDetails"
        [hashtable] $PersonDetails = @{}
    }
    Process{
        Write-Verbose "In Process Block: Get-PersonDetails"
        $PersonDetails = @{Keith=29; Eddy=24; Kevin=23; Kate=15}
    }
    End{

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Function Get-PersonDetails {
    Begin {
        Write-Verbose "In Begin Block: Get-PersonDetails"
        $PersonName = @()
        $PersonAge = @()
    }
    Process{
        Write-Verbose "In Process Block: Get-PersonDetails"
        $PersonName = "Keith", "Eddy", "Kevin", "Kate"
        $PersonAge = 29, 34, 23, 15

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Function Get-PersonDetails {
    Begin {
        Write-Verbose "In Begin Block: Get-PersonDetails"
        $PersonName = @()
        $PersonAge = @()
    }
    Process{
        Write-Verbose "In Process Block: Get-PersonDetails"
        $PersonName = "Keith", "Eddy", "Kevin", "Kate"
        $PersonAge = 29, 34, 23, 15

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Function Get-Sum {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [int] $Number1,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [int] $Number2

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# this is inline code
env | sort

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# code trimmed for brevity from azure-pipelines.yml
...
  steps: # 'Steps' section is to be used inside 'job' section.
  - task: Bash@3
    inputs:
      targetType: 'inline'
      script: 'env | sort'
...

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import fileinput

# Read in each ref that the user is trying to update
for line in fileinput.input():
print "pre-receive: Trying to push ref: %s" % line

sys.exit(0)