O

object-oriented frameworks, 54

. See also .NET Framework, 54

objects, 102

.NET Framework, 54, 58, 59, 60

changing variable type, 65, 66

variable types, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65

collections, 55

COM (Component Object Model)

GetObject(), 339

instantiating, 337

using properties and methods, 337, 338

conversion to string, 134

creating new, 115, 116, 117

data pipelines, 26, 27

methods, 102, 103, 104, 105

properties, 102

sorting data output, 194, 195, 196, 197

variables, 21, 22

variables as, 105, 107, 108, 109

changing types, 114, 115

types, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114

operators

arithmetic, 121, 122

precedence, 122, 123

unary operators, 125

variables, 123, 124

assignment, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130

bitwise, 130

comparison, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144

logical, 125, 126

special

call, 135, 136

format, 136, 138

range, 134

-replace, 131, 132, 133

type, 133, 134

VBScript, 340

-or operator, 125

Out-Default cmdlet, 427

Out-File cmdlet, 182, 183, 248, 428

Out-Host cmdlet, 429

Out-Null cmdlet, 430

Out-Printer cmdlet, 183, 431

output

appending to existing file, 18

outputs

data redirection, 181, 182

Out-File cmdlet, 182, 183

Out-Printer cmdlet, 183

Tee-Object cmdlet, 184

exporting

ConvertTo-HTML cmdlet, 202, 203, 204

Export-CliXML cmdlet, 201, 202

Export-CSV cmdlet, 199, 200

formatting

Format-Custom cmdlet, 191, 192

Format-List cmdlet, 186, 187

Format-Table cmdlet, 187, 188, 189

Format-Wide cmdlet, 189, 190, 191

GroupBy cmdlet, 192, 194

piping functions, 218, 219, 220

sorting

Sort-Object cmdlet, 194, 195, 196, 197

Where-Object cmdlet, 197, 199

system forms, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209

Out-String cmdlet, 432

-OutVariable (-ov) parameter, 12

-ov (-OutVariable) parameter, 12