Powershell: what is an equivalent of substring, ltrim, rtrim functions

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  Hello Forum,

  Are there any equivalents to substring, ltrim, rtrim functions in Powershell?

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  gene

  
  Here are the answers:

   

  $string = " BLAH "
  
  #LTrim
  $string.TrimStart()
  #RTrim
  $string.TrimEnd()
  #Substring
  $string.Substring(1,4)
  

  You can find more methods here

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string_methods(v=VS.80).aspx

  
  

  • Edited by Huajun (Greg) Gu Monday, November 14, 2011 6:20 AM Add reference link
  • Proposed as answer by Jure Purgar Monday, November 14, 2011 4:47 PM
  • Marked as answer by Tiger LiMicrosoft employee Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:28 AM

  Monday, November 14, 2011 6:17 AM
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  No error. You must have omitted the spaces before and after BLAH.

  (If you select, copy, and paste the code, no error occurs.)
  

  The effects are more obvious with these:

  "/$($string.TrimStart())/"
  "/$($string.TrimEnd())/"
  "/$($string.TrimStart().TrimEnd())/"
  

  You can also see the available methods with

  $string|gm

  
  

  • Edited by mrento Wednesday, June 10, 2015 6:43 PM add examples

  Wednesday, June 10, 2015 6:40 PM