How to return one and only one value from a PowerShell function?

Question

I\'ve learned from this Stack Overflow question, that PowerShell return semantics are different, let\'s say, from C#\'s return semantics. Quote from the aforementioned quest

Answer 1

echo is an alias for Write-Output which sends the object to the next command.

Using Write-Host should help:

PS:> function Calculate
>> {
>>    # Every function that returns has to echo something
>>    Write-Host "test"
>>    return 11
>> }
>>
PS:> $A = Calculate
test
PS:> $A
11