What that data type of a value is in PowerShell

what that data type of a value is in PowerShell

PowerShell has a comparison operator called –is.  The –is operator simply response 

True or False when you use it to verify the data type of a value.  

The valid data types in PowerShell are:
[string]    Fixed-length string of Unicode characters
[char]      A Unicode 16-bit character
[byte]      An 8-bit unsigned character
[int]       32-bit signed integer
[long]      64-bit signed integer
[bool]      Boolean True/False value
[decimal]   A 128-bit decimal value
[single]    Single-precision 32-bit floating point number
[double]    Double-precision 64-bit floating point number
[DateTime]  Date and Time
[xml]       Xml object
[array]     An array of values
[hashtable] Hashtable object

Below is a script that will use –is to test some values.

$String = "Hello"
$Boolean = $True
$Int = 15

 


  

  

​Write-Host "Test for
  string"

$String -is [String]

$Boolean -is [String]

$Int -is [String]

  

  

​Test for string

  

  True

  False

  False

 

  

  

​Write-Host "Test
  for Boolean"

$String -is [Boolean]

$Boolean -is [Boolean]

$Int -is [Boolean]

  

  

​Test for Boolean

  

  False

  True

  False​

 

  

  

Write-Host "Test for
  Integer"

$String -is [Int32]

$Boolean -is [Int32]

$Int -is [Int32]​​

  

  

​Test for Integeк 

  False

  False

  True​