LineNumber not reporting correctly

hi everyone

i've been working on side project of mine helps me learn powershell , incorporate other languages, , i've hit bit of roadblock.

my powershell script reads latest entry (the last line) of logfile everytime logfile has been updated.  when logfile updates, script reads last line of logfile , searches 2 specific words; gamestart , gameend.

once finds 'gamestart' supposed remember linenumber , continue read latest entries until finds 'gameend' , remember linenumber.

problem i'm having no matter line position, gamestart report linenumber 0 , gameend relevant position of gamestart, , not actual linenumber. (so if gameend found 77 lines down, reports linenumber 77 not actual linenumber)

i'm using section of code monitor logfile updates:

http://dereknewton.com/2011/05/monitoring-file-system-changes-with-powershell/

for testing purposes, have below lines confirm if position of gamestart , gameend reports correct line number:

$changed = register-objectevent $watcher1 "changed" -action {

$gamestart = get-content 'c:\path-to-log\logfile.log' -tail 1 | select-string -pattern '(gamestart)'

$gameend = get-content 'c:\path-to-log\logfile.log' -tail 1 | select-string -pattern '(gameend)'

if ($gamestart)

{

write-host $(get-date -format t) "gamestart entry found on line "$gamestart.linenumber

}

else ($gameend)

{

write-host $(get-date -format t) "gamestart entry found on line "$gameend.linenumber

}

}

ideas gamestart , gameend report actual correct linenumber?

try

$gamestart = @(get-content 'c:\path-to-log\logfile.log' | select-string -pattern '(gamestart)')[-1] $gameend = @(get-content 'c:\path-to-log\logfile.log' | select-string -pattern '(gameend)')[-1] 

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