Ytukyg

In one of my powershell functions, I want to gather input from the user, but first I need to give some instructions. I'd like to print a line or two in the console with different colors.

function myFunction(){

    param(

        [string]$directions = $(read-host "Please answer the questions according to your opinion`nYour answers must be Star Wars-based." -foregroundcolor "Magenta"),

        [string]$robot = $(read-host "What is your favourite robot" -foregroundcolor "Yellow"),

        [string]$spaceship = $(read-host "What is your favourite spaceship" -foregroundcolor "Green")

    )

    write-host "Favourite Robot = " + $robot

    write-host "Favourite Spaceship = " + $spaceship

}

#call the function

myFunction

In the function above I have a newline to keep the directions on separate levels, but I want the first line of this text to be one colour and the second line to be another colour.

Also, -foregroundcolor doesn't work here - it just prints literally.

I can't put a write-host before the param statement or I would put the directions there (I know how to do this with multiple colours).

You seem to be struggling a little with the instructions in the comments so here... Unsure why you want a read host for instructions but that's cool.

function myFunction(){

    param(

        [string]$directions = $(Write-Host "Please answer the questions according to your opinion`nYour answers must be Star Wars-based.: " -ForegroundColor Magenta -NoNewline; Read-Host),

        [string]$robot = $(Write-Host "What is your favourite robot: " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline; Read-Host),

        [string]$spaceship = $(Write-Host "What is your favourite spaceship: " -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline; Read-Host)

    )

    write-host "Favourite Robot = "$robot

    write-host "Favourite Spaceship = "$spaceship

}