如果它是一个函数中的参数，你可以用ValidateNotNullOrEmpty验证它，就像你在这个例子中看到的那样:

Function Test-Something
{
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [string]$UserName
    )

    #stuff todo
}

你可以使用IsNullOrEmpty静态方法:

[string]::IsNullOrEmpty(...)

除了[string]::IsNullOrEmpty之外，为了检查null或空，您可以显式地将字符串强制转换为布尔值或布尔表达式:

$string = $null
[bool]$string
if (!$string) { "string is null or empty" }

$string = ''
[bool]$string
if (!$string) { "string is null or empty" }

$string = 'something'
[bool]$string
if ($string) { "string is not null or empty" }

输出:

False
string is null or empty

False
string is null or empty

True
string is not null or empty

你们把事情搞得太复杂了。PowerShell非常优雅地处理了这个问题，例如:

> $str1 = $null
> if ($str1) { 'not empty' } else { 'empty' }
empty

> $str2 = ''
> if ($str2) { 'not empty' } else { 'empty' }
empty

> $str3 = ' '
> if ($str3) { 'not empty' } else { 'empty' }
not empty

> $str4 = 'asdf'
> if ($str4) { 'not empty' } else { 'empty' }
not empty

> if ($str1 -and $str2) { 'neither empty' } else { 'one or both empty' }
one or both empty

> if ($str3 -and $str4) { 'neither empty' } else { 'one or both empty' }
neither empty

PowerShell 2.0替换[string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace()是字符串-notmatch "\S"

("\S" =任何非空白字符)

> $null  -notmatch "\S"
True
> "   "  -notmatch "\S"
True
> " x "  -notmatch "\S"
False

性能非常接近:

> Measure-Command {1..1000000 |% {[string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace("   ")}}
TotalMilliseconds : 3641.2089

> Measure-Command {1..1000000 |% {"   " -notmatch "\S"}}
TotalMilliseconds : 4040.8453

另一种选择是向系统中添加2个新的脚本方法。使用Update-TypeData的字符串实例:

Update-TypeData -MemberType ScriptMethod -MemberName IsNullOrEmpty -Value {
    return [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($this)
} -TypeName System.String

Update-TypeData -MemberType ScriptMethod -MemberName IsNullOrWhiteSpace -Value {
    return [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($this)
} -TypeName System.String

'hello'.IsNullOrEmpty()  # => False
''.IsNullOrEmpty()       # => True
' '.IsNullOrEmpty()      # => False
' '.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() # => True