Wednesday 20 August 2008

Get-Int16.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Illustrates Int16 data type
.DESCRIPTION
This script creates,displays and formats an Int16.
.NOTES
File Name : Get-Int16.ps1
Author : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
Requires : PowerShell V2
.LINK
http://pshscripts.blogspot.co.uk
.EXAMPLE
PSH [C:\foo]: .\get-int16.ps1
4142
The value of this int16 is: 4142
The value of this int16 is: 4,142

Min value of an Int16 is: -32,768
Max value of an Int16 is: 32,767
#>

##
# Start of Script
##


# Create the int16

[system.int16] $i = 0

# set and display a value:
$i=4142
$i
'The value of this int16 is: {0}' -f $i

# and nicely formatted
'The value of this int16 is: {0}' -f $i.tostring('0,000')
''

# Max/Min value
'Min value of an Int16 is: {0}' -f [System.Int16]::minvalue.tostring('0,000')
'Max value of an Int16 is: {0}' -f [System.Int16]::maxvalue.tostring('0,000')
# End of script