Read-Host returns 'Input request cancelled' when hitting Enter key without typing any input

[rohancragg]

The following snippet in a Powershell Notebook cell reports an error if hitting the [Enter] key when prompted and does not behave as it would in a Powershell terminal (i.e. to return the value 'DEFAULT' without reporting an error):

$value = 'DEFAULT'
$value = if ($_ = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter value, or [Enter] to use default value - '$value'") {$_} else {$value}
$value

The error is

Read-Host:
Line |
2 | … = if ($_ = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter value, or [Enter] to use default …
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Input request cancelled
DEFAULT

The code is as suggested in this answer on StackOverflow

• OS
  • Windows 11
• Browser
  • Edge
• Frontend
  • Visual Studio Code