Powershell Bad Code #7: The operator -contains is not working

Question: Why this code doesn’t display ‘Found’ ?

Not working

Answer :

# Answer:

# Solution 1
if ($computer -match 'DELL')

# Solution 2
if ($computer -like '*DELL*')

# Explanation:
The operator -contains works on arrays (not strings).

$computer = 'PC-DELL-123', 'PC-DELL-456' 

if ($computer -contains 'PC-DELL-123')
{
    'Found'
}
else
{
    'Not Found'
}

# Answer:

# Solution 1

if ($computer -match 'DELL')

# Solution 2

if ($computer -like '*DELL*')

# Explanation:

The operator -contains works on arrays (not strings).

$computer = 'PC-DELL-123', 'PC-DELL-456'

if ($computer -contains 'PC-DELL-123')

{

'Found'

}

else

{

'Not Found'

}

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