powershell string to decimal

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powershell string to decimal

Jason Steeves 136

I'm reading into a variable a value that is 10.4.2.19943.2 from the add/remove programs and this is a data type of String. I want to change this to a numerical value so that I can perform a Less Than comparison to determine if a piece of software needs to be installed or skipped.

How can I convert this variable from string to a numerical data string?

Rich Matheisen 47,906 Reputation points

2021-09-28T19:09:13.983+00:00
What sort of decimal number has multiple decimal points?????

The closest I can think of is a version number -- but your example is too long. Version numbers can have up to four parts (major, minor, build, and version). Your string has five parts.

To convert a four-part version to a version object is easy enough:

[version]"10.4.2.19943"

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Rich Matheisen 47,906 Reputation points

2021-09-28T19:09:13.983+00:00

What sort of decimal number has multiple decimal points?????

The closest I can think of is a version number -- but your example is too long. Version numbers can have up to four parts (major, minor, build, and version). Your string has five parts.

To convert a four-part version to a version object is easy enough:

[version]"10.4.2.19943"

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Jason Steeves 136

thank you that was what I was looking for.

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