Splitting a string into separate variables
It is important to note the following difference between the two techniques:
$Str="This is the<BR />source string<BR />ALL RIGHT"
$Str.Split("<BR />")
This
is
the
(multiple blank lines)
source
string
(multiple blank lines)
ALL
IGHT
$Str -Split("<BR />")
This is the
source string
ALL RIGHT
From this you can see that the string.split()
method:
- performs a case sensitive split (note that "ALL RIGHT" his split on the "R" but "broken" is not split on the "r")
- treats the string as a list of possible characters to split on
While the -split
operator:
- performs a case-insensitive comparison
- only splits on the whole string
Like this?
$string = 'FirstPart SecondPart'
$a,$b = $string.split(' ')
$a
$b
An array is created with the -split
operator. Like so,
$myString="Four score and seven years ago"
$arr = $myString -split ' '
$arr # Print output
Four
score
and
seven
years
ago
When you need a certain item, use array index to reach it. Mind that index starts from zero. Like so,
$arr[2] # 3rd element
and
$arr[4] # 5th element
years