Powershell 5.1.1 returns an unexpected result when I use the split function on a string.
So for example:
"[email protected]".split("@domain.")[-1]
>> uk
I would expect to see domain.hgy.i.lo.uk
and not uk
!
Is this a bug or am I missing something here? This appears to work on later versions of powershell. Can someone explain?
Use -split
operator as follows:
"[email protected]" -split [regex]::Escape("@domain.")
some_user s483.hgy.i.lo.uk
If you insist upon the Split()
method then use
"[email protected]".Split([string[]]'@domain.',[System.StringSplitOptions]::None)
some_user s483.hgy.i.lo.uk
The latter is based on familiarity with a list of the different sets of arguments that can be used with Split()
method:
''.split
OverloadDefinitions ------------------- string[] Split(Params char[] separator) string[] Split(char[] separator, int count) string[] Split(char[] separator, System.StringSplitOptions options) string[] Split(char[] separator, int count, System.StringSplitOptions options) string[] Split(string[] separator, System.StringSplitOptions options) string[] Split(string[] separator, int count, System.StringSplitOptions options)