Using objects, properties, and methods

In PowerCLI, even a string is an object. You can list the members of a string object using the Get-Member cmdlet that you have seen before. Let's go back to our example from Chapter 2 , Learning Basic PowerCLI Concepts. First, we create a string Learning PowerCLI and put it in a variable named $String. Then, we take the $String variable and execute the Get-Member cmdlet using the $String variable as the input:

PowerCLI C:\> $String = "Learning PowerCLI"
PowerCLI C:\> Get-Member -Inputobject $String

You can also use the pipeline and do it in a one-liner:

PowerCLI C:\> "Learning PowerCLI" | Get-Member

The output will be as follows:

    TypeName: System.String
Name             MemberType            Definition
----             ----------            ----------
Clone            Method                System.Object Clone(), Syst...
CompareTo        Method                int CompareTo(System.Object...
Contains         Method                bool Contains...