From 6c46b911f2cdf5b84d19ab0623db8b2eba493bb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomasz Wojdat <tpwojdat@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 21:28:26 +0100
Subject: Fix typo

---
 powershell.html.markdown | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'powershell.html.markdown')

diff --git a/powershell.html.markdown b/powershell.html.markdown
index 033d6c25..0383035b 100644
--- a/powershell.html.markdown
+++ b/powershell.html.markdown
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ Get-Process | Foreach-Object ProcessName | Group-Object
 1..10 | ForEach-Object { "Loop number $PSITEM" }
 1..10 | Where-Object { $PSITEM -gt 5 } | ConvertTo-Json
 
-# A notable pitfall of the pipeline is it's performance when
+# A notable pitfall of the pipeline is its performance when
 # compared with other options.
 # Additionally, raw bytes are not passed through the pipeline,
 # so passing an image causes some issues.
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From d123cd4a5c6599401e20c5d4190173d75cddd520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Micha=C3=ABl=20Peeters?= <xeyownt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 23:36:47 +0100
Subject: [powershell/en] Fix and clarify -eq operator on (some) objects
 (#4333)

---
 powershell.html.markdown | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'powershell.html.markdown')

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.
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