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Is there an elegant one-liner for doing the following?
$myMatch = "^abc(.*)" $foo -match $myMatch $myVar = $matches[1] I'm interested in the $myVar variable...
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asked May 04 '11 09:05
The Match Operator One of the most useful and popular PowerShell regex operators is the match and notmatch operators. These operators allow you to test whether or not a string contains a specific regex pattern. If the string does match the pattern, the match operator will return a True value.
Regular expressions (regex) match and parse text. The regex language is a powerful shorthand for describing patterns. Powershell makes use of regular expressions in several ways. Sometimes it is easy to forget that these commands are using regex becuase it is so tightly integrated.
A regular expression is a special sequence of characters that helps you match or find other strings or sets of strings, using a specialized syntax held in a pattern. They can be used to search, edit, or manipulate text and data. Matches the beginning of the line.
Just use -replace:
$foo = 'abcDEF' $myMatch = "^abc(.*)" $myVar = $foo -replace $myMatch,'$1' #$myVar contains DEF If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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