Josh King • 11/27/2019

Tired of Massive "like" Operator Chains? Rub a Little RegEx on It

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This technical article explains how to replace cumbersome and unscalable chains of PowerShell 'like' operators with regular expressions (RegEx). It demonstrates using the 'match' operator with alternation (the '|' character) to check an input string against multiple criteria dynamically, improving code maintainability and performance for tasks like filtering or validation.

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