The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to display a percentage that has two decimal places

April 17, 2016 Apr 17, 2016 04/17/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display a percentage as a two place number. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to display a number as a percentage that has two decimal places? (image) Use the -f format specifier, and specify a pattern as “{0:p2}”. On the other side of the -f format specifier, perform your percentage ...

PowerTip: Multiply Value in Variable and Store Results

July 4, 2015 Jul 4, 2015 07/4/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to multiply the value stored in a variable and store the results.(image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to multiply the value of a variable and store the results in the same variable?(image) Use the *= operator, for example:PS C:> $a = 2PS C:> $a *= 3PS C:> $a6(image...

PowerTip: Select Two Random Numbers from 20 Possibilities

June 28, 2015 Jun 28, 2015 06/28/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to select two random numbers from twenty possible numbers. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to select two of twenty attendees at user group to receive prizes? (image) Create a range of input numbers with the Get-Random cmdlet, then use the –Count parameter to ...

Weekend Scripter: Fun with Number Ranges and PowerShell

June 28, 2015 Jun 28, 2015 06/28/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to split arrays of numbers into contiguous ranges. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have a cool post from guest blogger, Zachary Loeber. Here is a little bit about Zachary: (image) Zachary Loeber is a solution architect with PSC Group. Zachary is a seasoned network and systems architect and ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Round to Specific Decimal Place

January 30, 2015 Jan 30, 2015 01/30/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to round numbers to a specific decimal place. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to round a number to a specific number of decimal places, and continue to have a number instead of converting it to a string. (image) Use the Round static method from the ...

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