PowerShell: Using Operators in PowerShell Scripting

2024-01-17

This TechNet Wiki article gives basic information about using Operators in PowerShell
Execute the below code to get available operators in PowerShell

help -Name '*operators*' | Select Name
#outPut
about_Arithmetic_Operators
about_Assignment_Operators
about_Comparison_Operators
about_Logical_Operators
about_Operators
about_Type_Operator

Learn Operators

help about_Arithmetic_Operators -Detailed
help about_Assignment_Operators -Detailed
help about_Comparison_Operators -Detailed
help about_Logical_Operators -Detailed
help about_Operators -Detailed
help about_Type_Operator -Detailed

Let's see few demo of Operators in PowerShell

Range Operators

1..10 | %{"PowerShell"}

Replace Operator

"Chendrayan V" -replace 'V' , 'Venkatesan'

With Out Operators

$x = "Chen V"
$x.ToString().Replace('V','Venkatesan')

("Chen V").ToString().Replace('V','Venkatesan')

Split Operator

'Chen V' -split ' '

"1;2;3;4;5" -split ';'

Join Operator

1..10 -join '-'

Adding Values to Array using Operator

$array = 1..10
$array += 11..20
$array

IS Operator

"Chen" -is [int]

1 -is [int]

AS Operator

1 -as [int]
#OutPut
1
1 -as [ipaddress]
#OutPut
Address            : 1
AddressFamily      : InterNetwork
ScopeId            :
IsIPv6Multicast    : False
IsIPv6LinkLocal    : False
IsIPv6SiteLocal    : False
IsIPv6Teredo       : False
IsIPv4MappedToIPv6 : False
IPAddressToString  : 1.0.0.0

Like and Contains Operator

'PowerShell' -like '*Shell'
#Returns True as Output

1..10 -contains 1
#Returns True as Output

1..10 -contains 19
#Returns False as Output

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