Power Shell Containment Operators

The containment operators (-contains and -notcontains) are similar to the equal operators. However, the containment operators always return a Boolean value, even when the input is a collection. The conditional operator -Contains is similar to -eq, except it returns ‘True’ or ‘False’. -Contains is designed for situations where you wish to test for one particular item in a collection, array or a hash table.

–contains

Always returns a Boolean value. Returns TRUE only when the test value exactly matches at least one of the reference values. When the test value is a collection, the Contains operator uses reference equality. It returns TRUE only when one of the reference values is the same instance of the test value object.

Syntax: <Reference-values> -contains <Test-value>

Example: 1

Contains checks each item between the commas

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Example: 2

-Contains requires exact equality

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-notcontains

The negative -NotContains is not as useful as -NotMatch. However, from what we have already learned the syntax is predictable.

Syntax: <Reference-values> -notcontains <Test-value>

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-in Operator

In operator return the boolean value if the test value appears in a collection of reference values. Always return as Boolean value. Returns TRUE only when the test value exactly matches at least one of the reference values else it will returns FALSE.

Syntax: <Test-value> -in <Reference-values>

Example: 1

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Example: 2

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-notin Operator

In operator return the boolean value if the test value appears in a collection of reference values. Always return as Boolean value. Returns TRUE only when the test value not a exactly matches at least one of the reference values else it will returns FALSE.

Syntax: <Test-value> -notin \<Reference-values>

Example: 1

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Example: 2

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