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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to put an array of letters back together to form a word.  I split a word by converting it to a chararray, and now I want to put it back together.            How can I use Windows PowerShell to do this?  Use the –Join operator to put the characters back toge...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to convert words to ASCII numbers and back again. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I am sipping a nice cup of Earl Grey tea with just a little jasmine in it. Along with a cinnamon stick, it is a nice mellow cup. I am checking my email sent to scripter@microsoft.com on my Surface Pro 3, and pla...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to break a word into letters.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to break a word into letters?  Use the tochararray method, for example: “dog”.tochararray()

Summary: Learn how to automatically create hash tables and reverse keys and values. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, I was playing around with Windows PowerShell, and thought I would create a couple of hash tables automatically. One hash table would contain all of the lowercase ASCII letters in the order of ASCII value, t...

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to view all values of an enum. How can I view all of the available values of an enum? Use the [Enum]::GetNames() method, for example:PS C: > [Enum]::GetNames([System.ConsoleColor])BlackDarkBlueDarkGreenDarkCyanDarkRedDarkMagentaDarkYellowGrayDarkGrayBlueGreenCyanRedMagentaYellowWhite