Hey Y’all,
Here’s a little anomaly, or lack of understanding on my part, in the way the Trim function works in PowerShell.
Code:
#Setup:
PS> $x = 'MicrosoftOfficeOffice Automatic Updates'
PS> $p = 'MicrosoftOffice'
#Test Trim Start
PS> $x.TrimStart("$p")
[COLOR=#0000ff]Automatic Updates
[/COLOR]
#Note how the TrimStart command not only trims the value of $P out of $X but also kills the 'Office' from 'Office Automatic Updates'!
#It gets even worse if you use just Trim:
PS> $x.Trim("$p")
[COLOR=#0000ff]Automatic Upda[/COLOR]
#Conclusion the Trim functions will get rid of any part of the specified value on the beginning or end of the trimmed string up to the first non recognized character.
#To actually get what I was after I had to do this:
PS> $x.Substring($p.Length,$x.Length-$p.length)
[COLOR=#0000ff]Office Automatic Updates[/COLOR]
Thus, Test, Test, and Test again!
HTH :cheers:
