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values

functions, 217, 218

parameter types, 350

variables, 81, 82, 83

Clear-Variable, 91, 92

environmental, 88

Get-Variable, 84, 85, 87

New-Variable, 90

Remove-Variable, 92, 93

Set-Variable, 88, 89, 90

VBScript, 340

variables, 19, 20, 81, 82, 83

.NET Framework, 58, 59, 60

changing type, 65, 66

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

arithmetic operators, 123, 124

as objects, 105, 107, 108, 109

changing types, 114, 115

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

automatic, 85, 86, 87

Clear-Variable, 91, 92

embedded, 22, 23

enviromental, 88

Get-Variable, 84, 85, 87

names, 20, 21

New-Variable, 90

objects, 21, 22

parsing mode, 23, 24

Remove-Variable, 92, 93

scopes, 25, 26

scripting best practices, 306

Set-Variable, 88, 89, 90

VBScript declaration, 336

-vb (-Verbose) parameter, 12

VBScript

(Visual Basic Scripting Edition), 4

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ADSI, 343, 344

COM component, 336, 337, 338, 339

comments, 339

common tasks, 344

constructs, 339

error handling, 341, 342

functions, 340, 341

loops, 339

objects versus text, 344, 345, 346

operators, 340

type conversion, 340

variables, 336

WMI, 342, 343

WMI scripts, 260

-Verbose (-vb) parameter, 12

Visual Basic Scripting Edition

. See VBScript, 4