description | ms.date | ms.topic | title |
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Avoid using double quotes if the string is constant. |
06/28/2023 |
reference |
AvoidUsingDoubleQuotesForConstantString |
Severity Level: Information
Single quotes should be used when the value of a string is constant. A constant string doesn't
contain variables or expressions intended to insert values into the string, such as
"$PID-$(hostname)"
).
This makes the intent clearer that the string is a constant and makes it easier to use some special
characters such as $
within that string expression without needing to escape them.
There are exceptions to that when double quoted strings are more readable. For example, when the
string value itself must contain a single quote or other special characters, such as newline
("`n"
), are already being escaped. The rule does not warn in these cases.
$constantValue = "I Love PowerShell"
$constantValue = 'I Love PowerShell'