another "where-object -contains" powershell question

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another "where-object -contains" powershell question

Chodziński Bartosz SPIE 21

Get-DhcpServerv4Lease -ScopeId 10.40.0.0 | Where-Object ClientId -Contains "0"
Why it return 0 values? I have hundres of Mac Addresses which contain zero "0", no matter if I press "[asterisk]0[asterisk]" or anything else, contain return null output.
I don't understand even though I've read so many examples...
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Rich Matheisen 47,901 Reputation points

2021-01-25T15:55:27.087+00:00

Check the about_Operators help for Powershell:

Containment comparison operators determine whether a test value appears in a reference set (-in, -notin, -contains, -notcontains)

The ClientID property isn't a set. As AndreasBaumgarten suggested, use the -match operator.

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Rich Matheisen 47,901 Reputation points

2021-01-25T15:55:27.087+00:00

Check the about_Operators help for Powershell:

Containment comparison operators determine whether a test value appears in a reference set (-in, -notin, -contains, -notcontains)

The ClientID property isn't a set. As AndreasBaumgarten suggested, use the -match operator.

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Andreas Baumgarten 123.4K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Could you please try -match instead of -contains and see if this will work.

(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

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Chodziński Bartosz SPIE 21

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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