Converting arrays into strings can cause a couple different problems, and I am starting to see more and more people struggling. The problem is that it doesn’t always act like you think it should. By default, converting an array into a string will place every item on one line of text separated by a space. This is particularly true with arrays made by get-content that are typecast into a string.<\/p>\n
The answer is very simple. When you type cast an array into a string every field is separated by a secret value (not so secret anymore!) called the Object Field Separator, or OFS. This value is keep in a variable called $OFS<\/span> and you can change it! For instance, if you want there to be a new line when you typecast the array then set $OFS = “`r`n”<\/span> which will make a newline between every field. If you want to comma separate the values, then set $OFS = “, “<\/span><\/p>\n Just remember to clean up when you are done! You can set the value back to it’s default (a single space) by removing the variable: Remove-Variable OFS<\/span> Don’t worry, PowerShell will remake it.<\/p>\n NOTE: The ‘ that you are seeing should be the Backtick key found to the left of your numbers on a US keyboard.<\/p>\n Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Converting arrays into strings can cause a couple different problems, and I am starting to see more and more people struggling. The problem is that it doesn’t always act like you think it should. By default, converting an array into a string will place every item on one line of text separated by a space. […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Get-Blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}C:> $Test = \"Ryan\", \"John\", \"Mark\"\nC:> [String]$Test\nRyan Mark John\n\nC:> $OFS = \"`r`n\"\nC:> [String]$Test\nRyan\nMark\nJohn\n\nC:> $OFS = \", \"\nC:> [String]$Test\nRyan, Mark, John\n\nC:> Remove-Variable OFS\nC:> [String]$Test\nRyan Mark John<\/pre>\n