Empty Pipe element is not allowed

Question

I have googled multiple things today but cant seem to figure out how to export my information to a csv or any time of document so I can email it to myself. Below is my working script. I have tried to add:
 | Export-csv "C:\users\tjohnson\TE.csv"
When I type that I get the error saying Empty pipe element not allowed. I feel like their should be an easy solution I am missing.
$cred = Import-Clixml -Path C:\users\tjohnson\PW.xml
$url = "http://google.com"
$response=Invoke-WebRequest $url -Credential $cred
if ($response.statuscode -eq 200) {
"Success`t`t" + $startTime.DateTime + "`t`t" + ($endTime - $startTime).TotalSeconds + " seconds"
} else {
"Fail`t`t" + $startTime.DateTime + "`t`t" + ($endTime - $startTime).TotalSeconds + " seconds"

Answer 1

Hi Bohlingj,
that error means you are not only not passing any information to Export-Csv, but don't even try to, which Powershell takes exception to. If you want to output the result of if / else segments, you can pipe them into Out-File -Append like this:
"Success`t`t" + $startTime.DateTime + "`t`t" + ($endTime - $startTime).TotalSeconds + " seconds" | Out-File "C:\temp\connectlog.log" -Append
This will write that line as a new line to the specified text file.
Given the way you output information, exporting as Csv doesn't do you all that much good.
Cheers,
Fred
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