Thanks, I'm enjoying reading the article.
So far I noticed how their select functionality is similar to our
comprehensions, but can also take a statement block. ( no wars please
;-).
I liked the tabular output format for lists of similar items, with the
automatic headings being displayed, e.g:
msh> get-childitem | select name, extension, {
if ($_.LastWriteTime.year -lt 2004) { "old file" }
else { "new file" }
}
Name Extension if
($_.LastWriteTime.year...
---- ---------
-------------------------
examples.txt .txt new file
output1.html .html old file
output2.html .html old file
somefile.doc .doc new file
I tend to avoid xml but their xml example below was succinct and
relatively painless. Do python libraries allow a similarly readable
version of their:
msh> $x = [xml]"<zoo><animal
kind='monkey'><name>Albert</name></animal></zoo>"
msh> $x.zoo.animal
kind name
---- ----
monkey Albert
Their "Extract the title and author elements from every item in the
rss.channel tag" example is also impressive.
Looks like an innovative new shell.
- Paddy.
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