Operators and Special Values
in many cases PowerShell uses different operators than VBScript, and it uses some operators differently. The following table provides a summary of these operators:
| In VBScript… | Purpose… | In PowerShell… |
|---|---|---|
| = | Assignment | = |
| = | Equality test | -eq |
| > | Greater than | -gt |
| < | Less than | -lt |
| >= | Greater than or equal to | -ge |
| <= | Less than or equal to | -le |
| True | Boolean True | $true |
| False | Boolean False | $false |
| AND | Boolean AND | -and |
| NOT | Boolean NOT | -not |
| OR | Boolean OR | -or |
| AND | Binary AND | -band |
| OR | Binary OR | -bor |
| NOT | Binary NOT | -bnot |
| &, + | String concatenation | + |
Refer to Chapter 6 to review the discussion of the additional operators offered in PowerShell.
