Prepending a +/- sign when transforming an integer to a string

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Hi r/powershell,

I have an object with a method that transforms and emits one of its integer properties to a string, and prepends a sign.

$Object = [PsCustomObject] @{

    Input = [int]42

}

$MethodScriptblock = {

    "{0}$($this.Input)" -f $(if (-not ($this.Input).ToString().StartsWith('-')){' '})

}

Add-Member -MemberType ScriptMethod -InputObject $Object -Name OutString -Value $MethodScriptblock 

$Object.OutString()

It is already working, but I was wondering if there is a nicer way of doing this. You guys always come up with very elegant solutions :)

Thank you

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