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    13. User Interaction > Write Culture-Aware Scripts

    Write Culture-Aware Scripts

    Problem

    You want to ensure that your script works well on computers around the world.

    Solution

    To write culture-aware scripts, keep the following guidelines in mind as you develop your scripts:

    • Create dates, times, and numbers using PowerShell’s language primitives.

    • Compare strings using PowerShell’s built-in operators.

    • Avoid treating user input as a collection of characters.

    • Use Parse() methods to convert user input to dates, times, and numbers.

    Discussion

    Writing culture-aware programs has long been isolated to the world of professional software developers. It’s not that users of simple programs and scripts can’t benefit from culture awareness, though. It has just frequently been too difficult for nonprofessional programmers to follow the best practices. However, PowerShell makes this much easier than traditional programming languages.


      

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