PowerShell String

Using Regex.Replace() Method Use the Regex.Replace() method to remove special characters from the specified string in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad03d51855337800/] [crayon-686ef2ad03d58047667459/] First, we declared a variable named $str and set its value to a string containing some special characters. Then, we used the Replace() method of the Regex class from the System.Text.RegularExpressions namespace to replace the special […]

Using Split()Method Use the Split() method to trim the string after the first occurrence of the specified character in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad04377553806366/] [crayon-686ef2ad0437c098614981/] We declared and initialized the $string variable with "Hi! Welcome to Java2Blog! Let's learn." value. Next, we chained the Split() method with the $string variable to split the $string into an array based […]

Using -split Operator with Regular Expression Use the -split operator with a regular expression to split string by multiple delimiters in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad04505943962100/] [crayon-686ef2ad04508522065475/] First, a string variable named $string and an array variable called $delimiters is defined. Then, the $string is assigned with "one,two;three four", while $delimiters is set with "[,; ]+". After that, […]

Using Concatenation Operators Use concatenation operator represented by + to concatenate String and variable in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad046d5566073516/] [crayon-686ef2ad046d9862447124/] The + is the most basic concatenation operator; we used it to concatenate the "Let's learn "string with the $variable and stored the new string in the $concatenatedStr variable, which we further used with Write-Host cmdlet to […]

Using Backtick Characters Use backtick characters to add double quotes to string in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad04aa9002844109/] [crayon-686ef2ad04aaf818157025/] Backtick character is escape character in PowerShell. Here, it is used to escape double quotes in the String. Use backtick characters to add single quotes to string in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad04ab1759543474/] [crayon-686ef2ad04ab3982286991/] Using String Concatenation Operator Use string concatenation operator […]

Using -Contains Operator Use the -Contains operator to check if the list contains the specified string in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad04f06962347048/] [crayon-686ef2ad04f0c684388939/] In the above example, we used an array operator represented with @() to create a list, which we stored in the $list variable. Next, we initialized the $searchString variable with a string value we wanted […]

Using Split() Method Use the Split() method with the indexing operator to split the specified string and get the last value in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad055f7149434701/] [crayon-686ef2ad055ff925906971/] First, we defined a $string variable and initialized it with a string value, as shown in the above code fence. Next, we used the Split() method, passed whitespace as a […]

Using Invoke-Expression Cmdlet Use the Invoke-Expression cmdlet to run a string as a command in PowerShell. Invoke-Expression cmdlet evaluates string as command and return the result of string expression. Here is simple exampple: [crayon-686ef2ad05961301120714/] This will open new notepad window. Here is more complicated example. [crayon-686ef2ad05967538536554/] [crayon-686ef2ad05969483009575/] The Invoke-Expression evaluates a string as a PowerShell […]

Using StartsWith() Method Use the StartsWith() to check if string starts with another string in PowerShell. [crayon-686ef2ad05b06155876575/] [crayon-686ef2ad05b0a960308256/] In the above code, a string variable named $text is initialized with the value of Hello, world! and another string variable called $prefix is created with the value of Hello. After that, using the StartsWith() method, the […]