- Everything you wanted to know about variable substitution in strings
Variable substitution PowerShell has another option that is easier You can specify your variables directly in the strings
- about_Variables - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn
You can store any type of object in a variable, including integers, strings, arrays, and hash tables And, objects that represent processes, services, event logs, and computers PowerShell variables are loosely typed, which means that they aren't limited to a particular type of object A single variable can even contain a collection, or array, of different types of objects at the same time
- about_Assignment_Operators - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn
When a variable contains a collection of objects, the variable has the System Object data type Therefore, you can assign any type of object to the collection The following example shows that you can add process objects, service objects, strings, and integers to a variable without generating an error:
- about_Quoting_Rules - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn
Double-quoted strings A string enclosed in double quotation marks is an expandable string Variable names preceded by a dollar sign ($) are replaced with the variable's value before the string is passed to the command for processing For example:
- Out-String (Microsoft. PowerShell. Utility) - PowerShell
The Out-String cmdlet converts input objects into strings By default, Out-String accumulates the strings and returns them as a single string, but you can use the Stream parameter to direct Out-String to return one line at a time or create an array of strings This cmdlet lets you search and manipulate string output as you would in traditional shells when object manipulation is less convenient
- New-Variable (Microsoft. PowerShell. Utility) - PowerShell
The New-Variable cmdlet creates a new variable in PowerShell You can assign a value to the variable while creating it or assign or change the value after it is created You can use the parameters of New-Variable to set the properties of the variable, set the scope of a variable, and determine whether variables are public or private Typically, you create a new variable by typing the variable
- Join-String (Microsoft. PowerShell. Utility) - PowerShell
It can either combine the text of an object's property or the result of the object that was converted to a string This cmdlet was introduced in PowerShell 6 2
- about_Comparison_Operators - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn
In PowerShell, between double quotation marks, it designates variables and acts as a subexpression operator In Regex search strings, it denotes end of the line
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