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[powershell/en] Fix and clarify -eq operator on (some) objects (#4333)
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@ -118,14 +118,15 @@ $False - 5 # => -5
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2 -lt 3 -and 3 -lt 2 # => False
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# (-is vs. -eq) -is checks if two objects are the same type.
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# -eq checks if the objects have the same values.
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# -eq checks if the objects have the same values, but sometimes doesn't work
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# as expected.
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# Note: we called '[Math]' from .NET previously without the preceeding
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# namespaces. We can do the same with [Collections.ArrayList] if preferred.
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[System.Collections.ArrayList]$a = @() # Point a at a new list
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$a = (1,2,3,4)
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$b = $a # => Point b at what a is pointing to
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$b -is $a.GetType() # => True, a and b equal same type
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$b -eq $a # => True, a and b values are equal
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$b -eq $a # => None! See below
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[System.Collections.Hashtable]$b = @{} # => Point a at a new hash table
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$b = @{'one' = 1
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'two' = 2}
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@ -154,6 +155,13 @@ $age = 22
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"$name's name is $($name.Length) characters long."
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# => "Steve's name is 5 characters long."
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# Strings can be compared with -eq, but are case insensitive. We can
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# force with -ceq or -ieq.
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"ab" -eq "ab" # => True
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"ab" -eq "AB" # => True!
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"ab" -ceq "AB" # => False
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"ab" -ieq "AB" # => True
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# Escape Characters in Powershell
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# Many languages use the '\', but Windows uses this character for
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# file paths. Powershell thus uses '`' to escape characters
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@ -274,6 +282,10 @@ $array.AddRange($otherArray) # Now $array is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
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# Examine length with "Count" (Note: "Length" on arrayList = each items length)
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$array.Count # => 6
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# -eq doesn't compare array but extract the matching elements
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$array = 1,2,3,1,1
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$array -eq 1 # => 1,1,1
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($array -eq 1).Count # => 3
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# Tuples are like arrays but are immutable.
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# To use Tuples in powershell, you must use the .NET tuple class.
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