Manipulating Object

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$memory   = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computerName  win32_physicalmemory
 RAMtotal =  (($memory.capacity | Measure-Object -sum).sum)/1gb

I am trying to format this with two number to the right of the decimal. “N0 {0.00} formatted” the values I have are objects not INT. How do I clean this up?

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To use formatting you can use the -f operator but bear in mind that this only returns strings so sorting may not work as you’d expect. Here’s an example:

"{0:N2}" -f [Math]::Pi

This takes the values to the right of the -f operator, inserts it into the string “template” at position 0 (denoted by the first 0) and formats it as a number with 2 decimal places (N2)

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Use the Math.Round method if you are trying to crop off lots of extra decimal values, but if you are just trying to always have 2 decimal places, even if it’s just a whole number, Peter’s got your answer.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.math.round(v=vs.110).aspx

$memory   = Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory
$RAMtotal =  [Math]::Round((($memory.capacity | Measure-Object -sum).sum)/1gb, 2)
$RAMtotal