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Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

by David das Neves, Jan-Hendrik Peters
July 2018
Beginner
552 pages
13h 18m
English
Packt Publishing
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Type operators

Type operators can be used to validate types for .NET objects. It is important that you understand that objects of different types can behave differently. You will need to know how to identify and validate the types, especially in large and complex scripts:

Operator
Meaning
Description
 -is
Compare types

Validates if the type of the object on the left is the same as the one on the right.

 -isNot
Compare types (inverted)

Validates if the type of the object on the left is not the same as the one on the right.

 -as
Cast

Converts the object on the left to the specified type.

 .getType()
Show type

Shows the .NET Function for every object. Retrieves the type of the object.

 

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