Powershell Separating a string into an array and iterating through

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I'm trying to separate a string in the following format,

STANDARDWOFFPACK_FACULTY ; FLOW_FREE

So that each entry in the string is an item within an array I can iterate through to do a function against. Any suggestions on how I would achieve this array would be greatly appreciated.

boxdog · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-26 07:42:43Z

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You can use the split() method:

$myString= 'STANDARDWOFFPACK_FACULTY ; FLOW_FREE'

$myString.split(';')

Which gives:

STANDARDWOFFPACK_FACULTY 
 FLOW_FREE

Note that this includes the extra spaces as part of the separate strings. If you want rid of those, do this:

$myString.split(';').Trim()

To get the output in an array, simply capture it in a variable:

$myArray = $myString.split(';').Trim()

You can confirm it is an array with the GetType() method:

$myArray.GetType()

IsPublic IsSerial Name     BaseType    
-------- -------- ----     --------    
True     True     Object[] System.Array

answered Sep 26, 2022 at 7:42

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