jdhitsolutions / MyNumber

A demonstration PowerShell module of a class-based tool that creates a custom number object.

MyNumber

🎓 A demonstration class-based module that creates a number object. The functionality of the module isn't that practical. But it can serve as a model of how you might build a class-based PowerShell tool.

The module should work on Windows PowerShell and PowerShell 7, including cross-platform. It is intended for educational purposes.

Install the latest version from the PowerShell Gallery.

Install-Module MyNumber

You can also use the Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet module.

Install-PSResource MyNumber -scope AllUsers

The class is defined in MyNumber.psm1. Functionality is exposed through a set of functions.

• New-MyNumber
• Set-MyNumber
• Convert-MyNumber

The module also includes custom format and type extensions. The examples shown below may not reflect these changes.

PS C:\> $x = New-MyNumber 11
PS C:\> $x


Number     : 11
Square     : 121
Cube       : 1331
Sqrt       : 3.3166247903554
Log        : 2.39789527279837
Sine       : -0.999990206550703
Cosine     : 0.00442569798805079
Tangent    : -225.950846454195
CircleArea : 380.132711084365
Inverse    : 0.0909090909090909
IsEven     : False
IsPrime    : True
Exp        : 59874.1417151978
Factorial  : 39916800
Factors    : {1, 11}
Custom     : 0

PS C:\> $x | Set-MyNumber -value 123


Number     : 123
Square     : 15129
Cube       : 1860867
Sqrt       : 11.0905365064094
Log        : 4.81218435537242
Sine       : -0.459903490689591
Cosine     : -0.887968906691855
Tangent    : 0.517927471585655
CircleArea : 47529.15525616
Inverse    : 0.00813008130081301
IsEven     : False
IsPrime    : False
Exp        : 2.61951731874906E+53
Factorial  : 1.21463043670253E+205
Factors    : {1, 3, 41, 123}
Custom     : 0

PS C:\> $x | Convert-MyNumber -ToHex
7b

PS C:\> Convert-MyNumber 1024 -ToBinary
10000000000

You can also create a number with a custom script block.

PS C:\> New-MyNumber 77 -CustomScriptBlock {Param($x) [char][int]$x }


Number     : 77
Square     : 5929
Cube       : 456533
Sqrt       : 8.77496438739212
Log        : 4.34380542185368
Sine       : 0.999520158580731
Cosine     : -0.0309750317312165
Tangent    : -32.2685757759344
CircleArea : 18626.5028431339
Inverse    : 0.012987012987013
IsEven     : False
IsPrime    : False
Exp        : 2.75851345452317E+33
Factorial  : 1.45183092028286E+113
Factors    : {1, 7, 11, 77}
Custom     : M

You should include a parameter in your script block for the number value. It will be passed as an argument when calculating the value.

You can only access the class definition through the functions.