In this chapter, some of the methods used to work with strings were introduced. Alternate formats, such as Base64, were explored, along with the PowerShell commands for working with CSV formats. 

Two new commands from PowerShell 5 were introduced: Convert-String and ConvertFrom-String. 

Working with byte values in PowerShell was explored, as well as the power-of-10 operator. 

The System.Math class adds a great deal of functionality, which was briefly demonstrated. Finally, we took a brief look at working with DateTime objects. 

In Chapter 9, Regular Expressions, we'll look at regular expressions.