String
A string of text characters. Methods and properties include:
| Clone | Returns a reference to this instance of String. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a hello PS C:\> $b = $a.clone() PS C:\> $b hello PS C:\> $a hello PS C:\> $b = "world" PS C:\> $b world PS C:\> $a hello PS C:\>
| Contains | Returns a value indicating whether the specified String object occurs within this string. |
PS> [string]$a = "hello" PS> $a.contains("e") True
| EndsWith | Determines whether the end of an instance of String matches a specified string. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a.endswith("lo") True
| Equals | Determines whether two String objects have the same value. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> [string]$b = "world" PS C:\> $a.equals($b) False
| IndexOf | Reports the index of the first occurrence of a String or one or more characters within this string. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a.indexof("l") 2
| Insert | Inserts a specified instance of String at a specified index position in this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $b = $a.insert(2,"-st-") PS C:\> $b he-st-llo
| LastIndexOf | Reports the index position of the last occurrence of a specified Unicode character or String within this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a.lastindexof("l") 3
| Length | Gets the number of characters in this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "Hello" PS C:\> $a.length 5
| PadRight | Left-aligns the characters in this string, padding the right with spaces or a specified Unicode character for a specified total length. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> "-" + $a.padright(8) + "-" -hello -
| Remove | Deletes a specified number of characters from this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a.remove(3,2) hel
| Replace | Replaces all occurrences of a specified Unicode character or String in this instance with another specified Unicode character or String. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a.replace("l","p") heppo
| Split | Returns a String array containing the substrings in this instance that are delimited by elements of a specified Char or String array. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "one,two,three" PS C:\> $b = $a.split(",") PS C:\> $b[0] one PS C:\> $b[1] two PS C:\> $b[2] three
| StartsWith | Determines whether the beginning of an instance of String matches a specified string. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a.startswith("f") False
| Substring | Retrieves a substring from this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $a.substring(2,3) llo
| ToCharArray | Copies the characters in this instance to a Unicode character array. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "hello" PS C:\> $b = $a.tochararray() PS C:\> $b[0] h PS C:\> $b[4] o
| ToLower | Returns a copy of this String converted to lowercase. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "Hello" PS C:\> $a.tolower() hello
| ToUpper | Returns a copy of this String converted to uppercase. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = "Hello" PS C:\> $a.toupper() HELLO
| Trim | Removes all occurrences of a set of specified characters from the beginning and end of this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = " hello " PS C:\> "-" + $a.trim() + "-" -hello-
| TrimEnd | Removes all occurrences of a set of characters specified in an array from the end of this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = " hello " PS C:\> "-" + $a.trimend() + "-" - hello-
| TrimStart | Removes all occurrences of a set of characters specified in an array from the beginning of this instance. |
PS C:\> [string]$a = " hello " PS C:\> "-" + $a.trimstart() + "-" -hello -
