Instant Windows PowerShell Guide

Operate the data (Intermediate)

Data Operations are critical routine administrative tasks and, with the release of Windows PowerShell Version 3.0, we have made some improvements regarding the handling of data in the console.

Getting ready

There are a few new operators introduced in PowerShell Version 3.0. For example, the In and NotIn operators.

How to do it...

Try executing the following code:

1. The following command checks the availability of 1 in the reference set and returns True in this case:

   PS C :\> 1 -In (1,2,3)
   True
   

2. The following command checks for an exact counter match for the Admin keyword in the reference set and returns True in this case:

   PS C :\> "Admin" -NotIn "Administrator"
   True
   

How it works...

The following table mentions the syntaxes ...