{"id":2231,"date":"2012-04-24T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2012-04-24T11:42:05","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T15:42:05","slug":"convert-boolean-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/scripting\/2231\/convert-boolean-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert Boolean Values"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/a>First, let me state right off the bat that what I have here should be for very special use cases and is NOT something I feel you need to be using at all. Now the use case: You are preparing a report of some sort for a non-technical user and instead of displaying True or False, you need to show Yes or No. Or depending on the object and property some other alternate text; maybe \"Working\"\/\"NotWorking\" or \"Green\"\/\"Red\". I get it. Sometimes you need brain dead output.<\/p>\n

Normally, a boolean value and its property should be self sufficient.<\/p>\n


\nPS C:\\> get-process | Select ID,Name,Responding -first 5<\/p>\n

Id Name Responding
\n -- ---- ----------
\n 3344 cAudioFilterAgent64 True
\n 3448 cfp True
\n 5384 CFSwMgr True
\n 1576 chrome True
\n 2708 chrome True
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

The Responding property is a Boolean. One way to alter this output is to use a simple hashtable with Select-Object.<\/p>\n


\nPS C:\\> get-process | Select ID,Name,@{Name=\"ProcessIsOK\";Expression={
\n>> if ($_.Responding) {\"Yes\"} else {\"No\"}}} -first 5
\n>><\/p>\n

Id Name ProcessIsOK
\n -- ---- -----------
\n 3344 cAudioFilterAgent64 Yes
\n 3448 cfp Yes
\n 5384 CFSwMgr Yes
\n 1576 chrome Yes
\n 2708 chrome Yes
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Let me re-iterate that this type of code should be an EXCEPTION. I would hope that 99% of the time you are working with objects and not worrying about parsing text. That said, I threw together a simple function that allows you to substitute your values for $True and $False.<\/p>\n


\nFunction Convert-Boolean {<\/p>\n

Param(
\n[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,ValueFromPipeline=$True)]
\n[boolean]$Boolean,
\n[array]$Alternate=(\"Yes\",\"No\")
\n)<\/p>\n

Begin {
\n $T=$Alternate[0]
\n $F=$Alternate[1]
\n}<\/p>\n

Process {
\n if ($Boolean) {
\n Write $T
\n }
\n else {
\n Write $F
\n }
\n}<\/p>\n

End {#not used
\n }<\/p>\n

} #function
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

The function takes a Boolean value and writes an alternate text string. The default is Yes\/No. Using this function, here's my revised example:<\/p>\n


\nPS C:\\> get-process | Select ID,Name,@{Name=\"ProcessIsOK\";Expression={
\n>> $_.Responding | Convert-Boolean }} -first 5
\n>><\/p>\n

Id Name ProcessIsOK
\n -- ---- -----------
\n 3344 cAudioFilterAgent64 Yes
\n 3448 cfp Yes
\n 5384 CFSwMgr Yes
\n 1576 chrome Yes
\n 2708 chrome Yes
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Or using an alternate string:<\/p>\n


\nPS C:\\> get-process | Select ID,Name,@{Name=\"ProcessIsOK\";Expression={
\n>> $_.Responding | Convert-Boolean -Alternate \"OK\",\"NotOK\"}} -first 5
\n>><\/p>\n

Id Name ProcessIsOK
\n -- ---- -----------
\n 3344 cAudioFilterAgent64 OK
\n 3448 cfp OK
\n 5384 CFSwMgr OK
\n 1576 chrome OK
\n 2708 chrome OK
\n<\/code>
\nThe alternate values are passed as an array.<\/p>\n

Again, (can you tell how I feel about this?), this type of PowerShell command should be used in the rare situations where you need brain-dead output. Here's an example of what NOT to do:<\/p>\n


\nPS C:\\> get-process | Select ID,Name,@{Name=\"ProcessIsOK\";Expression={
\n>> $_.Responding | Convert-Boolean -Alternate \"OK\",\"NotOK\"}} | Where {$_.ProcessIsOK -eq \"NotOK\"}
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Bad, bad, bad.<\/p>\n

All of that said, if you would like to try this out, or perhaps you actually need it, you can download Convert-Boolean<\/a> and give it a go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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