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Summary: Learn how to create an empty string by using Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to create an empty string? Use the static Empty field from the System.String class: [string]::Empty
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the String class of the Join method in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning while I was eating breakfast and reviewing my email on my Surface 2 Pro, I noticed that I have meetings all afternoon. Luckily, I was up early, and so I can get my w...
Summary: Learn how to get the hash code of a tuple by using Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to get the hash code for a tuple? Call the GetHashCode method from your Tuple object—for example, this command creates a tuple and obtains the hash code of it: $t...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about several approaches for concatenating strings by using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This weekend, I was speaking about blogging and technical writing at the South Carolina Writers Workshop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. One of the cool things is a couple of p...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell remove the first two letters from a string. How can I use Windows PowerShell to remove the first two letters from a string? Use the SubString method, for example: $a = “String” $a.substring(2)