PowerShell String

Using Regex.Replace() Method Use the Regex.Replace() method to remove special characters from the specified string in PowerShell. [crayon-691ed855a8808133795578/] [crayon-691ed855a8815951651389/] 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-691ed855a9780545730548/] [crayon-691ed855a9787092010010/] 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-691ed855a9f59597244366/] [crayon-691ed855a9f5f217844951/] 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-691ed855aa570391584273/] [crayon-691ed855aa575476029414/] 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-691ed855aacb5837641227/] [crayon-691ed855aacba841501566/] 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-691ed855aacbb767337291/] [crayon-691ed855aacbd084997470/] 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-691ed855ab38f156982110/] [crayon-691ed855ab393244546545/] 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-691ed855abbb1313275357/] [crayon-691ed855abbb6608504410/] 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-691ed855ac2ed848703452/] This will open new notepad window. Here is more complicated example. [crayon-691ed855ac2f2517727667/] [crayon-691ed855ac2f3815049135/] 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-691ed855ac9b9062511763/] [crayon-691ed855ac9be499749720/] 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 […]