How do single-quoted and double-quoted strings differ in PowerShell ?
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Double-quoted strings expand variables and subexpressions; single-quoted strings are literal except for the escape rules needed to represent a quote.
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Double-quoted strings expand variables and subexpressions; single-quoted strings are literal except for the escape rules needed to represent a quote. Choose the form that matches the intended data.
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$name='server01' "Target: $name" 'Target: $name'
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When would you prefer a format string or here-string instead?
