Vista - Select first 16 characters in a string

I need to figure out how to take a string and pick out the first 16
characters of that string to be used in a pattern match later. Anyone
have any suggestions on how to select a certain number of characters
(digits, letters, and even white space)?

Actually figured it out for myself for once (how bout that).

<string> -match '.{1,16}'

Steven wrote:

You can use the substring method on a string.

63# "sixteen character string".Substring(0,16)
sixteen characte

-paul

"Steven" wrote:

PS > $s = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
PS > $s[0..15]

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p




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S> I need to figure out how to take a string and pick out the first 16
S> characters of that string to be used in a pattern match later.
S> Anyone have any suggestions on how to select a certain number of
S> characters (digits, letters, and even white space)?
S>

Based on your initial question, I would have thought this link a better match:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...vert/left.mspx

$a="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
$a = $a.substring(0,16)


Steven Peck
http://www.blkmtn.org/powershell


"Steven" wrote: