title: Read Excel data with Powershell and write to a variable
body: <p>Using PowerShell I would like to capture user input, compare the input to data in an Excel spreadsheet and write the data in corresponding cells to a variable. I am fairly new to PowerShell and can't seem to figure this out. Example would be: A user is prompted for a Store Number, they enter &quot;123&quot;. The input is then compared to the data in Column A. The data in the corresponding cells is captured and written to a variable, say $GoLiveDate.</p>
  <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>