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| -rw-r--r-- | powershell.html.markdown | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/powershell.html.markdown b/powershell.html.markdown index 0383035b..2e7539a5 100644 --- a/powershell.html.markdown +++ b/powershell.html.markdown @@ -118,14 +118,15 @@ $False - 5 # => -5 2 -lt 3 -and 3 -lt 2 # => False # (-is vs. -eq) -is checks if two objects are the same type. -# -eq checks if the objects have the same values. +# -eq checks if the objects have the same values, but sometimes doesn't work +# as expected. # Note: we called '[Math]' from .NET previously without the preceeding # namespaces. We can do the same with [Collections.ArrayList] if preferred. [System.Collections.ArrayList]$a = @() # Point a at a new list $a = (1,2,3,4) $b = $a # => Point b at what a is pointing to $b -is $a.GetType() # => True, a and b equal same type -$b -eq $a # => True, a and b values are equal +$b -eq $a # => None! See below [System.Collections.Hashtable]$b = @{} # => Point a at a new hash table $b = @{'one' = 1 'two' = 2} @@ -154,6 +155,13 @@ $age = 22 "$name's name is $($name.Length) characters long." # => "Steve's name is 5 characters long." +# Strings can be compared with -eq, but are case insensitive. We can +# force with -ceq or -ieq. +"ab" -eq "ab" # => True +"ab" -eq "AB" # => True! +"ab" -ceq "AB" # => False +"ab" -ieq "AB" # => True + # Escape Characters in Powershell # Many languages use the '\', but Windows uses this character for # file paths. Powershell thus uses '`' to escape characters @@ -274,6 +282,10 @@ $array.AddRange($otherArray) # Now $array is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] # Examine length with "Count" (Note: "Length" on arrayList = each items length) $array.Count # => 6 +# -eq doesn't compare array but extract the matching elements +$array = 1,2,3,1,1 +$array -eq 1 # => 1,1,1 +($array -eq 1).Count # => 3 # Tuples are like arrays but are immutable. # To use Tuples in powershell, you must use the .NET tuple class. |