Range operator (..) in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a range of numbers from 1 to 5.

PowerShell

$numbers = 1 [1] 5
$numbers

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A-

B..

C:

D...

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a single dash (-) instead of the range operator.

Using three dots (...) which is not valid in PowerShell for ranges.

The range operator in PowerShell is ... It creates a sequence of numbers from the start to the end.

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medium

Complete the code to create a descending range from 5 down to 1.

PowerShell

$numbers = 5 [1] 1
$numbers

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A-

B...

C:

D..

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Trying to use a dash (-) to create a range.

Using three dots (...) which is invalid.

The range operator .. works for descending sequences too, from higher to lower numbers.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to generate numbers from 1 to 10.

PowerShell

$nums = 1 [1] 10
$nums

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A..

B-

C:

D...

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a dash (-) which subtracts instead of creating a range.

Using three dots (...) which is not valid.

The correct range operator is ... Using a dash (-) causes an error because it means subtraction.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a range from 3 to 7 and then select numbers greater than 4.

PowerShell

$range = [1] [2] 7
$filtered = $range | Where-Object { $_ -gt 4 }
$filtered

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A3

B..

C-

D5

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a dash (-) instead of the range operator.

Using 5 as the start number instead of 3.

To create a range from 3 to 7, use 3 .. 7. The operator is ...

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a range from 2 to 6 and filter numbers less than 5.

PowerShell

$nums = [1] [2] 6
$filtered = $nums | Where-Object { $_ [3] 5 }
$filtered

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A2

B..

C-lt

D-gt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -gt instead of -lt for filtering less than.

Using wrong start number or operator.

Use 2 .. 6 to create the range. To filter numbers less than 5, use -lt in the condition.