Question: How to have conditionals in a PowerShell `switch` statement? This code below returns `0` when it should return `1000`.

```
$UsedSpaceMB = 8500

switch ($UsedSpaceMB) {
    ($UsedSpaceMB -gt 15000) { $FreeSpace = 2000 }
    ($UsedSpaceMB -in 8000..15000 ) { $FreeSpace = 1000 }
    ($UsedSpaceMB -in 1700..8000 ) { $FreeSpace = 500 }
    ($UsedSpaceMB -in 1000..1700 ) { $FreeSpace = 200 }
    ($UsedSpaceMB -in 800..1000 ) { $FreeSpace = 100 }
    ($UsedSpaceMB -lt 800 ) { $FreeSpace = 50 }
}
$FreeSpace

```

Answer: 
The syntax is incorrect for a switch.
Please see [here](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_switch) for the documentation.

```
$UsedSpaceMB = 8500

switch ($UsedSpaceMB) {
    {$_ -gt 15000} { $FreeSpace = 2000 }
    {$_ -in 8000..15000 } { $FreeSpace = 1000 }
    {$_ -in 1700..8000 } { $FreeSpace = 500 }
    {$_ -in 1000..1700 } { $FreeSpace = 200 }
    {$_ -in 800..1000 } { $FreeSpace = 100 }
    {$_ -lt 800 } { $FreeSpace = 50 }
}
$FreeSpace

```
or you could use -contains

```
switch ($UsedSpaceMB) {
    {$_ -gt 15000} { $FreeSpace = 2000 }
    {8000..15000 -contains $_ } { $FreeSpace =1000 }
    {1700..8000 -contains $_} { $FreeSpace = 500 }
    {1000..1700 -contains $_ } { $FreeSpace = 200 }
    {800..1000 -contains $_ } { $FreeSpace = 100 }
    {$_ -lt 800 } { $FreeSpace = 50 }
}
$FreeSpace

```