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Concatenate text string and text in variable with no space between
  1. 04 May 2009 #1


    Minniti Sergio Guest

    Concatenate text string and text in variable with no space between

    Hi,
    From my powershell script I would like output a text string concatenates
    with some text contained in a $variable with no space before and after the
    $variable.
    Example:
    The email address of Rossi Mario (Acme) is mario.rossi@xxxxxx
    In my powershell script I have witten:
    write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of" $DisplayName
    "("$firm") is" $PrimarySmtpAddress
    but the output is
    The email address of Rossi Mario ( Acme) is mario.rossi@xxxxxx
    I don't want the space between ( and Acme.
    How can I do?
    I have written some text lines like:
    $text1 = "The email address of"
    $text2 = "("
    $text3 = ")"
    $text4 = "is"
    #write-host -foregroundcolor green $text1 $DisplayName $text2$firm$text3
    $text4 $PrimarySmtpAddress
    but I don't think that it is correct.
    Have you any idea? I'll wait your reply, thanks!



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  2. 04 May 2009 #2


    Vadims Podans [MVP] Guest

    Re: Concatenate text string and text in variable with no space between

    just put all string in double quotes, without separating each part in
    quotes:
    write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of $DisplayName ($firm)
    is $PrimarySmtpAddress"
    --
    WBR, Vadims Podans
    MVP: PowerShell
    PowerShell blog - www.sysadmins.lv

    "Minniti Sergio" <MinnitiSergio@xxxxxx> rakstīja ziņojumā
    "news:B98019B7-827E-4B63-B439-F4350053F44E@xxxxxx"...

    > Hi,
    > From my powershell script I would like output a text string concatenates
    > with some text contained in a $variable with no space before and after
    > the
    > $variable.
    > Example:
    > The email address of Rossi Mario (Acme) is mario.rossi@xxxxxx
    > In my powershell script I have witten:
    > write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of" $DisplayName
    > "("$firm") is" $PrimarySmtpAddress
    > but the output is
    > The email address of Rossi Mario ( Acme) is mario.rossi@xxxxxx
    > I don't want the space between ( and Acme.
    > How can I do?
    > I have written some text lines like:
    > $text1 = "The email address of"
    > $text2 = "("
    > $text3 = ")"
    > $text4 = "is"
    > #write-host -foregroundcolor green $text1 $DisplayName $text2$firm$text3
    > $text4 $PrimarySmtpAddress
    > but I don't think that it is correct.
    > Have you any idea? I'll wait your reply, thanks!

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  3. 04 May 2009 #3


    tojo2000 Guest

    Re: Concatenate text string and text in variable with no spacebetween

    On May 4, 8:47*am, "Vadims Podans [MVP]" <vpodans> wrote:

    > just put all string in double quotes, without separating each part in
    > quotes:
    > write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of $DisplayName ($firm)
    > is $PrimarySmtpAddress"
    > --
    > WBR, Vadims Podans
    > MVP: PowerShell
    > PowerShell blog -www.sysadmins.lv
    >
    > "Minniti Sergio" <MinnitiSer...@xxxxxx> rakstīja ziņojumā
    > "news:B98019B7-827E-4B63-B439-F4350053F44E@xxxxxx"...
    >
    >
    >

    > > Hi,
    > > From my powershell script I would like output a text string concatenates
    > > with some text contained in a *$variable with no space before and after
    > > the
    > > $variable.
    > > Example:
    > > The email address of Rossi Mario (Acme) is mario.ro...@xxxxxx
    > > In my powershell script I have witten:
    > > write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of" $DisplayName
    > > "("$firm") is" $PrimarySmtpAddress
    > > but the output is
    > > The email address of Rossi Mario ( Acme) is mario.ro...@xxxxxx
    > > I don't *want the space between ( and Acme.
    > > How can I do?
    > > I have written some text lines like:
    > > $text1 = "The email address of"
    > > $text2 = "("
    > > $text3 = ")"
    > > $text4 = "is"
    > > #write-host -foregroundcolor green $text1 $DisplayName $text2$firm$text3
    > > $text4 $PrimarySmtpAddress
    > > but I don't think that it is correct.
    > > Have you any idea? I'll wait your reply, thanks!
    Some other options:

    ($text1 + $DisplayName + ' ' + $text2 + $firm + $text3)

    [string]::join('', ($text1, ' ', $DisplayName, $text2, $firm, $text3))

    'The email address of {0}({1})' -f $DisplayName, $firm





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  4. 06 May 2009 #4


    Vadims Podans [MVP] Guest

    Re: Concatenate text string and text in variable with no space between

    With PowerShell V2 you can use -join operator:
    $text1,' ', $DisplayName,' ', $text2, $firm, $text3 -join ""
    --
    WBR, Vadims Podans
    MVP: PowerShell
    PowerShell blog - www.sysadmins.lv

    "tojo2000" <tojo2000@xxxxxx> rakstīja ziņojumā
    "news:4ffef55d-e254-4cf5-ac15-9bbdc8fdce6c@xxxxxx"...

    > On May 4, 8:47 am, "Vadims Podans [MVP]" <vpodans> wrote:

    >> just put all string in double quotes, without separating each part in
    >> quotes:
    >> write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of $DisplayName
    >> ($firm)
    >> is $PrimarySmtpAddress"
    >> --
    >> WBR, Vadims Podans
    >> MVP: PowerShell
    >> PowerShell blog -www.sysadmins.lv
    >>
    >> "Minniti Sergio" <MinnitiSer...@xxxxxx> rakstīja
    >> ziņojumā
    >> "news:B98019B7-827E-4B63-B439-F4350053F44E@xxxxxx"...
    >>
    >>
    >>

    >> > Hi,
    >> > From my powershell script I would like output a text string
    >> > concatenates
    >> > with some text contained in a $variable with no space before and after
    >> > the
    >> > $variable.
    >> > Example:
    >> > The email address of Rossi Mario (Acme) is mario.ro...@xxxxxx
    >> > In my powershell script I have witten:
    >> > write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of" $DisplayName
    >> > "("$firm") is" $PrimarySmtpAddress
    >> > but the output is
    >> > The email address of Rossi Mario ( Acme) is mario.ro...@xxxxxx
    >> > I don't want the space between ( and Acme.
    >> > How can I do?
    >> > I have written some text lines like:
    >> > $text1 = "The email address of"
    >> > $text2 = "("
    >> > $text3 = ")"
    >> > $text4 = "is"
    >> > #write-host -foregroundcolor green $text1 $DisplayName
    >> > $text2$firm$text3
    >> > $text4 $PrimarySmtpAddress
    >> > but I don't think that it is correct.
    >> > Have you any idea? I'll wait your reply, thanks!
    >
    > Some other options:
    >
    > ($text1 + $DisplayName + ' ' + $text2 + $firm + $text3)
    >
    > [string]::join('', ($text1, ' ', $DisplayName, $text2, $firm, $text3))
    >
    > 'The email address of {0}({1})' -f $DisplayName, $firm
    >
    >
    >
    >

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  5. 06 May 2009 #5


    tojo2000 Guest

    Re: Concatenate text string and text in variable with no spacebetween

    On May 5, 11:14*pm, "Vadims Podans [MVP]" <vpodans> wrote:

    > With PowerShell V2 you can use -join operator:
    > *$text1,' ', $DisplayName,' ', $text2, $firm, $text3 -join ""
    > --
    > WBR, Vadims Podans
    > MVP: PowerShell
    > PowerShell blog -www.sysadmins.lv
    >
    > "tojo2000" <tojo2...@xxxxxx> rakstīja ziņojumā
    > "news:4ffef55d-e254-4cf5-ac15-9bbdc8fdce6c@xxxxxx"....
    >
    >
    >

    > > On May 4, 8:47 am, "Vadims Podans [MVP]" <vpodans> wrote:

    > >> just put all string in double quotes, without separating each part in
    > >> quotes:
    > >> write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of $DisplayName
    > >> ($firm)
    > >> is $PrimarySmtpAddress"
    > >> --
    > >> WBR, Vadims Podans
    > >> MVP: PowerShell
    > >> PowerShell blog -www.sysadmins.lv
    >

    > >> "Minniti Sergio" <MinnitiSer...@xxxxxx> rakstīja
    > >> ziņojumā
    > >> "news:B98019B7-827E-4B63-B439-F4350053F44E@xxxxxx"...
    >

    > >> > Hi,
    > >> > From my powershell script I would like output a text string
    > >> > concatenates
    > >> > with some text contained in a *$variable with no space before and after
    > >> > the
    > >> > $variable.
    > >> > Example:
    > >> > The email address of Rossi Mario (Acme) is mario.ro...@xxxxxx
    > >> > In my powershell script I have witten:
    > >> > write-host -foregroundcolor green "The email address of" $DisplayName
    > >> > "("$firm") is" $PrimarySmtpAddress
    > >> > but the output is
    > >> > The email address of Rossi Mario ( Acme) is mario.ro...@xxxxxx
    > >> > I don't *want the space between ( and Acme.
    > >> > How can I do?
    > >> > I have written some text lines like:
    > >> > $text1 = "The email address of"
    > >> > $text2 = "("
    > >> > $text3 = ")"
    > >> > $text4 = "is"
    > >> > #write-host -foregroundcolor green $text1 $DisplayName
    > >> > $text2$firm$text3
    > >> > $text4 $PrimarySmtpAddress
    > >> > but I don't think that it is correct.
    > >> > Have you any idea? I'll wait your reply, thanks!
    >

    > > Some other options:
    >

    > > ($text1 + $DisplayName + ' ' + $text2 + $firm + $text3)
    >

    > > [string]::join('', ($text1, ' ', $DisplayName, $text2, $firm, $text3))
    >

    > > 'The email address of {0}({1})' -f $DisplayName, $firm
    Thanks, I keep forgetting about that. It seems strange to me that join
    () is such an afterthought in .NET, with strings having a split()
    method but not a join() by default.

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