Windows PowerShell in Action

Chapter 6. Flow control in scripts

6.1	Using the if/elseif/else statement	148
6.2	The while loop	151
6.3	The do/while loop	152
6.4	The for loop	153
6.5	The foreach loop	155
6.6	Labels, break, and continue	159
6.7	The PowerShell switch statement	161
6.8	Flow control using cmdlets	169
6.9	The value of statements	175
6.10	Summary	176

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Previous chapters showed you how to solve remarkably complex problems in PowerShell using only commands and operators. You can select, sort, edit, and present all manner of data by composing these elements into pipelines and expressions. In fact, commands and operators were the only elements available in ...