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Old 07-24-2008   #1 (permalink)
Justin Rich


 
 

string manipulation

i have the following strings

"Operation terminated unsuccessfully after 0.125 seconds."
"Operation completed successfully in 358.719 seconds."

how do i pull the time out of it?

Thanks
Justin



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Old 07-24-2008   #2 (permalink)
Shay Levy [MVP]


 
 

Re: string manipulation



PS > $s = "Operation terminated unsuccessfully after 0.125 seconds","Operation
completed successfully in 358.719 seconds."
PS > [regex]::matches($s,'\d+\.\d+') | select value


Value
-----
0.125
358.719



---
Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic



JR> i have the following strings
JR>
JR> "Operation terminated unsuccessfully after 0.125 seconds."
JR> "Operation completed successfully in 358.719 seconds."
JR>
JR> how do i pull the time out of it?
JR>
JR> Thanks
JR> Justin


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Old 07-24-2008   #3 (permalink)
Justin Rich


 
 

Re: string manipulation

got to love regex

Thanks
Justin

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>
>
> PS > $s = "Operation terminated unsuccessfully after 0.125
> seconds","Operation completed successfully in 358.719 seconds."
> PS > [regex]::matches($s,'\d+\.\d+') | select value
>
>
> Value
> -----
> 0.125
> 358.719
>
>
>
> ---
> Shay Levy
> Windows PowerShell MVP
> http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic
>
>
>
> JR> i have the following strings
> JR> JR> "Operation terminated unsuccessfully after 0.125 seconds."
> JR> "Operation completed successfully in 358.719 seconds."
> JR> JR> how do i pull the time out of it?
> JR> JR> Thanks
> JR> Justin
>
>

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