powershell while loop not working as expected

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I'm having issue with this while loop. Even when the status is returned as online its still stuck in the while loop... any ideas would be amazing :)

$instance = "(opsworks instance id)"

$status = (Get-OPSInstance -InstanceId $instance  -Region eu-west-1).Status.Trim()
Write-Host "Initial:$status"

while($status -ne 'online' -or $status -ne 'start_failed')
{
  $status = (Get-OPSInstance -InstanceId $instance  -Region eu-west-1).Status.Trim()
  Write-Host "Next:$status!"
}

Change -or to -and; when it is 'online' it is also 'not start_failed' so the loop still loops. — TessellatingHeckler
– TessellatingHeckler, Commented Jul 12, 2017 at 7:59

vonPryz · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-12 07:59:27Z

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This is a basic boolean algebra. It happens as online is not equal to start_failed. The -or operator will check both sides of the expression and will return true incase of either matches.

Condition

($status -ne 'online' -and $status -ne 'start_failed')

will be evaluated as false iff $status is neither online nor start_failed.

answered Jul 12, 2017 at 7:59

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Stelly Over a year ago

Thanks! I get what your saying now and totally see where I went wrong! Amazing and thank you :)

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