PowerShell to check the string in the array

Asked Jul 02 '19 at 11:50

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I have a output of PowerCLI stored in a variable. I want to check the string is present in the string, if present continue with for loop.

Below is my script:

$stringtosearch = "test"
$getds = Get-Datastore | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
if ($dsname -contains $getds) {
    Write-Host "datastore exists"
    continue
}

The above script is not getting into loop and continuing for loop.

edited Jul 02 '19 at 12:00

Ansgar Wiechers

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asked Jul 02 '19 at 11:50

louis

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`$dsname -match $getds` or `$dsname -like "*$getds*"` – Mathias R. Jessen Jul 02 '19 at 11:56
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There is no loop in the code you posted, so what are you even talking about? – Ansgar Wiechers Jul 02 '19 at 12:01
While the linked post is about arrays, the same misconception underlies it: `-contains` doesn't perform _substring_ matching - only array membership. – mklement0 Jul 02 '19 at 12:03

PowerShell to check the string in the array

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