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Summary: Learn how to skip the beginning and ending portions of a text file by using Windows PowerShell in this article by the Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson. This is the second post in a multi-part series of blog posts that deal with how to determine letter frequency in text files. To fully understand this post, you should read the entire seri...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find if a variable is an array.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find if a variable contains an array?  Use the –is operator, and test to see if it is a type of [array], for example: $a = 1,2,4,5,6,7 $a -is [array]

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find palindromes. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I enjoy playing around with words. I like words that sound similar to each other, such as to, too, and two. I also like words that look alike, and sound alike but have different meanings depending on th...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about Exploring Windows PowerShell arrays. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the problems I had with Windows PowerShell when I first learned it was handling arrays. Why? Because they were so easy. Well, they are easy, but they are also a bit confusing. Why? Because Get-Member seem...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to concatenate elements of a array.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to concatenate the elements of a string array?  Use the static Concat method from the String class, for example: $a = "string a" $b = "string b" $arr = @($a,$b) [string]::Concat($arr)