Get-Decimal1.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     Demonstrates Decimal arithmetic. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script Creates two decimals, then multiplys them and displays them.  
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : get-decimal1.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3 
10. .LINK 
11.     http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
12.     Posted on msdn: 
13.     http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.decimal.aspx 
14. .EXAMPLE 
15.     PS c:\foo> .\get-decimal1.ps1 
16.     $d1 is of type: Decimal 
17.     $d2 is of type: Decimal 
18.     $d1 (12.1) multiplied by $d2 (12.2) equals: 146.41 
19.     $d3 is of type: Decimal 
20. #> 
21.  
22. ## 
23. #  Start of script 
24. ## 
25.   
26. # Create decimal numbers ($d1, $d2) 
27. [decimal] $d1 = 12.1 
28. [decimal] $d2 = 12.2 
29.  
30. # Create product 
31. $d3 = $d1*$d1 
32.  
33. # print details 
34. "`$d1 is of type: {0}" -f $d1.gettype().name 
35. "`$d2 is of type: {0}" -f $d2.gettype().name 
36. "`$d1 ({0}) multiplied by `$d2 ({1}) equals: {2}" -f $d1,$d2,$d3 
37. "`$d3 is of type: {0}" -f $d3.gettype().name 
38. # End of script 

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