Get-Random

Dreaming In PowerShell V2 : Lottery Numbers with Get-Random

December 23, 2008 Dec 23, 2008 12/23/08

PowerShell Team

Tobias Weltner writes a blog called Dreaming In PowerShell, and he recently posted a way to get a list of unique lottery numbers with PowerShell. Dreaming In PowerShell is a cool blog, and the post is interesting, but it makes an assertion that's no longer true in V2. He uses System.Random to create the random numbers because he ...

Fun with Script Cmdlets

May 8, 2008 May 8, 2008 05/8/08

PowerShell Team

Script Cmdlets are one of the coolest things about the newer version of PowerShell. A Script cmdlet allows you to use all of the variety of cmdlet parameter sets inside of PowerShell functions. Since Script Cmdlets are PowerShell functions, and the PowerShell engine prefers to run functions rather than commands, you can use ...

Get-Random

April 27, 2008 Apr 27, 2008 04/27/08

PowerShell Team

I saw THIS posting over on Mark Minasi's forums that caught my eye. It gives you a random help file under the motto of: "A powershell help file a day, keeps Don Jones away". :-) Don responded pointing out one of our new V2 cmdlets: Get-Random. Since that cat is out of the bag and Get-Random is so cool, let's explore it...

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