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static xtd::ustring xtd::environment::get_environment_variable ( const xtd::ustring &  variable, environment_variable_target  target  )

static

Retrieves the value of an environment variable from the current process or from the Windows operating system registry key for the current user or local machine.

Parameters

variable	The name of an environment variable.
target	One of the EnvironmentVariableTarget values.

Exceptions

std::invalid_argument

target is not a valid environment_variable_target value.

Returns

xtd::ustring The value of the environment variable specified by the variable and target parameters, or empty "" if the environment variable is not found.

Remarks

To retrieve all environment variables along with their values, call the xtd::environment::get_environment_variables method.

Environment variable names are case-sensitive on Linux and macOS but are not case-sensitive on Windows.

Todo:

Add xtd::registry and uncomment lines.