PowerShell: Check Type

Operator names are case-insensitive.

value -is type

test if a value is a given type.

WARNING: the value to be tested must be on the left-hand-side.

# all True

3 -is [int]

3.4 -is [double]

"abc" -is [string]

3,4 -is [Array]

# all True

3 -is (3).GetType()

$x = "abc"
$x -is $x.GetType()

value -isnot type

negation of -is