TypeName


Definition: Returns a string that provides Variantsubtype information about a variable.

 

In system administration scripting it's often useful to know what type of a variable you're working with; for example, databases don't like it if you try to save string data into a field reserved for numeric data. In Windows PowerShell you can use the GetType ( )method to determine the variable type of any variable. For example, the following set of commands assigns the value 55.86768 to the variable $a, then uses GetType () to retrieve the Nameof $ a'svariable type. The resulting type name is assigned to the variable $b:

 

$a = 55.86768
$b = $ a.gettype ().name

 

When you run this command and then echo back the value of $b you should get the following:

 

Double