Definition: Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array
containing a specified number of substrings.
“Returns a zero-based, one-dimensional array containing a specified number of substrings.”Granted, that doesn’t sound too terribly interesting. Nevertheless, the VBScript Split function (or the Windows PowerShell Split( )method) can be incredibly useful. For example, suppose you have a comma-delimited list of computer names. As a single string value that’s of minimal use; as an array, however, that opens up a whole world of possibilities, including the opportunity to loop through each item in the array and perform a task against each of those items (i.e., each of those computers).
So how do you turn a delimited string into an array? Here’s how:
$a = "atl-ws-01
,atl-ws-02,atl-ws-03,atl-ws-04"
$b = $
a.split(",")
In the first command,
we simply assign a series of computer names (separated by commas)
to the variable $a. In the second command, we use the
When you run this command and then echo back the value of $b you should get the following: