Showing archive results for October 2014

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find information about object properties.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to look at information about the properties of an object stored in a variable?  Use the PSObject property, and look at the Properties collection, for example: $a = @{} $a.psobject.properties

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about extending his ASCII encode/decode Windows PowerShell script. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I am a huge advocate of learning by playing around. Maybe that is why I did such a good job back when I was in kindergarten—and why I had such a tough time in high school. Who knows...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to put an array of letters back together to form a word.  I split a word by converting it to a chararray, and now I want to put it back together.            How can I use Windows PowerShell to do this?  Use the –Join operator to put the characters back toge...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to convert words to ASCII numbers and back again. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I am sipping a nice cup of Earl Grey tea with just a little jasmine in it. Along with a cinnamon stick, it is a nice mellow cup. I am checking my email sent to [email protected] on my Surface Pro 3, and pla...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to break a word into letters.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to break a word into letters?  Use the tochararray method, for example: “dog”.tochararray()