How to determine the name of the variable with maximum value in powershell?

Question

I have 3 values stored in the variables a,b and c. I want to find the greatest among them. The values of the variables are: a = 3, b = 6, and c = 2. The result should be the name of the variable that contains the maximum value—the text b.

what have you tried, what doesnt work? homework?

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Commented Nov 22, 2017 at 7:14 — 4c74356b41
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Clijsters · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-22 08:33:45Z

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$a = 3
$b = 6
$c = 2

(Get-Variable -name a,b,c | Sort Value | Select -Last 1).Name

Result: b

This uses Get-Variable to return the variables $a, $b and $c, sorts the result by their value and then selects the last 1 from that sorted list (which as a result has the highest value) and returns it's Name property.

edited Nov 22, 2017 at 8:33

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