PowerShell: True, False (boolean)

True and False Representation

PowerShell $true $false

• $true or $false are values in PowerShell to represent true and false.
• They are Automatic Variables.

Dotnet True False

• PowerShell is hosted in dotnet.
• In dotnet, boolean values are represented by True and False. These are not valid in PowerShell, but PowerShell may print result using them.

True Values

• $true
• Nonzero number
• Nonempty String
• Nonempty Array
• Hashtable (empty or not)

False Values

• $false
• $null
• Zero
• Empty String
• Empty Array

Force to Boolean (Casting)

$x = 3
[bool] $x
# True

$x = ""
[bool] $x
# False