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PowerTip: Use a regular expression pattern to remove nonalphabetic characters

April 15, 2016 Apr 15, 2016 04/15/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use a regular expression pattern to remove non-alphabetic characters from a string by using Windows PowerShell.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to remove non-alphabetic characters from a string?  To remove nonalphabetic characters from a string, you can use the -Replace operator and substitute an empty string ‘’ ...

Weekend Scripter: Exploring Palindrome Sentences with PowerShell

November 7, 2015 Nov 7, 2015 11/7/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about identifying palindromes that are more than a single word.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the coolest things about palindromes is that they can be formed with sentences. It is also what makes them the most subtle. For example, whereas it is pretty obvious that mom, dad...

PowerShell Mini-Scripting Games 2014: Answer 1

August 18, 2014 Aug 18, 2014 08/18/14
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Here is the answer to Problem 1 in Windows PowerShell Mini-Scripting Games 2014. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Here is an answer to Problem 1 in Windows PowerShell Mini-Scripting Games 2014. Last week, I posted the complete Problem 1 description and task outline. Problem one synopsis You are reading a CSV file that was ...