Sort-Object for ordering in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to sort the numbers in ascending order.

PowerShell

1, 5, 3, 2, 4 | Sort-Object [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Ascending

B-Descending

C-Unique

D-CaseSensitive

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -Descending will sort in reverse order.

Using -Unique removes duplicates but does not sort.

Using -CaseSensitive is for string comparison, not sorting order.

The -Ascending parameter sorts the objects in ascending order, which is the default behavior.

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medium

Complete the code to sort a list of strings in descending order.

PowerShell

'apple', 'banana', 'cherry' | Sort-Object [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Unique

B-CaseSensitive

C-Descending

D-IgnoreCase

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -Unique does not affect order but removes duplicates.

Using -CaseSensitive changes how letters are compared but not order direction.

Using -IgnoreCase affects case sensitivity, not order direction.

The -Descending parameter sorts the strings from Z to A, which is descending order.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to sort objects by the 'Name' property in ascending order.

PowerShell

$users | Sort-Object -Property [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AAge

Bname

Cusername

DName

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'name' with lowercase n causes no sorting because property not found.

Using unrelated property names like 'Age' or 'username' sorts by wrong property.

Property names are case-sensitive in Sort-Object. 'Name' matches the property exactly.

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hard

Fill both blanks to sort the list of numbers in descending order and remove duplicates.

PowerShell

5, 3, 5, 2, 3 | Sort-Object [1] [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Descending

B-Unique

C-Ascending

D-CaseSensitive

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -Ascending sorts in the wrong order.

Using -CaseSensitive is irrelevant for numbers.

Forgetting -Unique keeps duplicates.

Use -Descending to sort from highest to lowest and -Unique to remove duplicates.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to sort a list of objects by 'Score' descending, then by 'Name' ascending.

PowerShell

$players | Sort-Object [1] [2] [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Property Score

B-Descending

C-Property Name

D-Ascending

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up properties and directions.

Not specifying properties correctly.

Using -Ascending on Score instead of -Descending.

First sort by Score property descending, then by Name property ascending.