Conditional PowerShell operators

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I am trying to get a list where the title does not have temp or temporary or *contractor or contractor*.

This code is working, meaning I get a list which does not have temporary records.

$pTitle = $profile["Title"]
if ($pTitle -ne "Temporary")

However the following code does not work when I add -or and -notlike for the wildcard.

$pTitle = $profile["Title"]
if ($pTitle -ne "Temporary" -or $pTitle -notlike "Temporary" -or $pTitle -notlike "contractor" -or $pTitle -notlike "Temp")

That did not help. The list still contains temporary, contractor records. if($pTitle -ne "Temporary" -or $pTitle -notlike "temporary" -or $pTitle -notlike "contractor" -or $pTitle -notlike "temp") — Ninja Cowgirl
– Ninja Cowgirl, Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 14:34
my bad the -notlike works solo but it fails with OR operator. — Ninja Cowgirl
– Ninja Cowgirl, Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 14:48

Tim Ferrill · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-03 14:50:45Z

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You actually want -and here. Your expression will only evaluate to false if all of the words are found currently.

answered Jun 3, 2014 at 14:50

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Ninja Cowgirl Over a year ago

FERRIL: Just figured this out. Thanks if($pTitle -notlike "Temporary" -AND $pTitle -notlike "contractor" -AND $pTitle -notlike "Temp")

bob · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-03 14:58:04Z

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$List  = @(1,2,3)

If I ask you to return all the items in the list that are:
not equal to 1
or
not equal to 2
or
not equal to 3

the answer will be the whole list

$List  | where { ($_ -ne 1) -or ($_ -ne 2) -or ($_ -ne 3) }
1
2
3

You are getting your logical operators mixed up. Look at replacing -or with -and

answered Jun 3, 2014 at 14:58

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