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    Hi,

    I'm writing a small script which sees how much it takes to load a webpage, when it takes more then 300 ms, it should do something. However, with a value of 89 it already shows as greater or equal to 300 (Timetaken is 89 => True).
    I probably need to convert $Timetaken to a correct value(?)

    Please advise.

    The script:

    $URL = 'http://www.google.com'
    $Start = Get-Date
    $PageRequest = $Request.DownloadString($URL)
    $TimeTaken = '{0:N0}' -f  ((Get-Date) – $Start).TotalMilliseconds
    write-output "Timetaken is $TimeTaken"
    $TimeTaken -ge 300

    Timetaken is 89
    True

    $TimeTaken | gm
    TypeName: System.String

    Jan Hoedt

    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:26 AM

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    This is where we would use Measure-Command

    $ts=Measure-Command { $PageRequest = $Request.DownloadString($URL) }
if($ts.TotalMilliseconds -gt 300){ 'Too long' }

    \_(ツ)_/

    • Marked as answer by janhoedt Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:56 AM
    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 1:48 PM

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    Hi Jan,

    that is because a string starting with 8 is greater than a string starting with 3. Switch the position of 300 and $TimeTaken (and switch the operator to -lt) and you'll be fine.

    Cheers,
    Fred

    Edit: This is because when comparing two objects of different types, PowerShell will try to convert the second object into the type of the first: So if the number 300 comes first, it will try to convert the string 89 to int (works; only for the comparison, $TimeTaken will still be a string).

    However, when you place the string 89 first, it will convert the number 300 to string, where "89" is greater "300"

    There's no place like 127.0.0.1



    • Edited by FWN Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:35 AM
    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:32 AM
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    I see. What would be the good approach then?

    Jan Hoedt

    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:44 PM
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    You can also do this 

    [Int32]$TimeTaken = ((Get-Date) – $Start).TotalMilliseconds
write-output "Timetaken is $TimeTaken"
$TimeTaken -ge 300

    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:52 PM
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    I see. What would be the good approach then?

    Jan Hoedt

    Hi Jan,

    if you need to have it as a string, use the approach described in my first paragraph. If not, don't convert to string.

    Cheers,
    Fred

    There's no place like 127.0.0.1

    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:59 PM
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    This is where we would use Measure-Command

    $ts=Measure-Command { $PageRequest = $Request.DownloadString($URL) }
if($ts.TotalMilliseconds -gt 300){ 'Too long' }

    \_(ツ)_/

    • Marked as answer by janhoedt Thursday, June 16, 2016 11:56 AM
    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 1:48 PM
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    try this :

    $URL = 'http://www.google.com'
    $Start = Get-Date
    $PageRequest = $Request.DownloadString($URL)
    $TimeTaken = ((Get-Date) – $Start).TotalMilliseconds
    write-output "Timetaken is $('{0:N0}' -f  $TimeTaken)"
    $TimeTaken -ge 300

    => you have to format number in write-output, not in the variable value.

    Tuesday, June 14, 2016 1:58 PM