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# This is a comment

# Simple variable assignment
$variable = "assignment"                    

# Create instances of any object that is reachable by the .NET framework
$object = New-Object "System.Double"

# you can call static methods from classes using [Type]::MethodName()
[string]::Format("This is an {0} of string {1}", "string", "interpolation")
[double]::Parse("23.5")

# you can also use arrays
$simpleArray = @(1, 2, 3, 4)

# and dictionaries
$dict = @{"Key1" = "value1"; "Key2" = "value2"}