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Powershell Join-Path showing 2 dirs in result instead of 1 – accidental script/function output

As T-Me correctly inferred before you posted the CreateDatedFolder source, the problem is that the function inadvertently outputs 2 objects, and Join-Path accepts an array of parent paths to each join with the child path. Specifically, it is the New-Item call that accidentally creates an additional output object, just before your return $datedDir call. New-Item … Read more

Is it pythonic for a function to return multiple values?

Absolutely (for the example you provided). Tuples are first class citizens in Python There is a builtin function divmod() that does exactly that. q, r = divmod(x, y) # ((x – x%y)/y, x%y) Invariant: div*y + mod == x There are other examples: zip, enumerate, dict.items. for i, e in enumerate([1, 3, 3]): print “index=%d, … Read more

Powershell Join-Path showing 2 dirs in result instead of 1 – accidental script/function output

Is it pythonic for a function to return multiple values?

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