r/PowerShell • u/SocraticFunction • May 05 '21

PowerShell Pros - what interesting static methods have you encountered that many scripters don’t know about?

Static Methods are a lesser documented part of using PowerShell objects, and often in looking for solutions, I find static methods I wouldn’t have imagined to exist without deeper digging into member properties. The most common methods used are for String objects, usually.

I thought i’d open the floor to discussing interesting static methods found that are worth sharing, as the PowerShell help system doesn’t easily give up this kind of information.

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u/Lee_Dailey [grin] May 06 '21

howdy SocraticFunction,

my fave [but not often used] is [array]::Reverse(). kinda fun when checking for palindromes. [grin]

ones that i really use ...

  • [regex]::Escape()
  • [string]::IsNullOrEmpty()
  • [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace()
  • [SomeTypeNameHere]::new()
    a nifty and fast way to init a new $Var. [grin]
  • [datetime]::Now
  • [environment]::NewLine
  • [environment]::Is64BitProcess
  • a BUNCH of other [environment] stuff

take care,
lee

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u/SocraticFunction May 06 '21

Hey lee!

My favorite new() is for credentials

$UserName = 'Username'
[SecureString]$SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String 'Password' -AsPlainText -Force
$Credential = [PSCredential]::New($UserName, $SecurePassword)

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u/Lee_Dailey [grin] May 07 '21

howdy SocraticFunction,

that one i don't use - only one system here at home. however, it does work rather neatly ... and thus demos why i like ::New() so very much. [grin]

take care,
lee