private/Compare-Version.ps1
function Compare-Version { <# .DESCRIPTION Compares two version numbers, each passed as an array of numbers (split on the dots). Returns 1 when the ReferenceVersion was higher, 2 for the DifferenceVersion or 0 for equal. #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType('System.Int32')] Param ( [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [UInt32[]]$ReferenceVersion, [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [UInt32[]]$DifferenceVersion ) $longerVersion = if ($ReferenceVersion.Count -gt $DifferenceVersion.Count) { $ReferenceVersion.Count } else { $DifferenceVersion.Count } for ($i = 0; $i -lt $longerVersion; $i++) { $FirstNumber = if ($i -lt $ReferenceVersion.Count) { $ReferenceVersion[$i] } else { 0 } $SecondNumber = if ($i -lt $DifferenceVersion.Count) { $DifferenceVersion[$i] } else { 0 } if ($FirstNumber -gt $SecondNumber) { return 1 } elseif ($FirstNumber -lt $SecondNumber) { return 2 } } # Equal return 0 } |