PowerShell versions (5.1 vs 7+) - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to check the PowerShell version.

PowerShell

Write-Output $PSVersion[1]

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A.Minor

B.Major

C.Build

D.Revision

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using .Minor instead of .Major

Trying to print $PSVersion without a property

The .Major property shows the main version number of PowerShell.

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medium

Complete the code to detect if PowerShell version is 7 or higher.

PowerShell

if ($PSVersion[1] -ge 7) { Write-Output 'PowerShell 7 or newer' }

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A.Major

B.Minor

C.Build

D.Revision

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Comparing .Minor or .Build instead of .Major

Using -eq instead of -ge for comparison

Checking the major version number lets you know if it's PowerShell 7 or newer.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to get the PowerShell version as a string.

PowerShell

$versionString = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion[1]

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A.ToNumber()

B.ToInt()

C.ToString()

D.ToVersion()

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Common Mistakes

Using non-existent methods like ToInt() or ToNumber()

Trying to access properties instead of calling a method

The .ToString() method converts the version object to a readable string.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a condition that checks if PowerShell is version 5.1.

PowerShell

if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion[1] -eq 5 -and $PSVersionTable.PSVersion[2] -eq 1) { Write-Output 'PowerShell 5.1 detected' }

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A.Major

B.Minor

C.Build

D.Revision

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Swapping .Major and .Minor

Using .Build or .Revision instead of .Minor

The major version is 5 and the minor version is 1 for PowerShell 5.1.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary with version parts as keys and their values.

PowerShell

$versionParts = @{ 'Major' = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion[1]; 'Minor' = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion[2]; 'Build' = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion[3] }

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A.Major

B.Minor

C.Build

D.Revision

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using .Revision instead of .Build

Mixing up the order of properties

Use .Major, .Minor, and .Build properties to get the respective version numbers.