Private/Get-RxString.ps1
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Function Get-RxString { <# .SYNOPSIS Return matching sub-string from a supplied string.. .NOTES Author: Aaron Parker Twitter: @stealthpuppy .PARAMETER String A string to search. .PARAMETER RegEx A regular expression to match. #> [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([String])] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $True)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $String, [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 1)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [RegEx] $RegEx ) # Extract sub-string from $String via the RegEx and return on the pipeline $String -match $RegEx > $Null If ($Null -ne $Matches[1]) { Write-Output $Matches[1] } # Alternative method for extracting sub-string # [regex]::match($String, $RegEx).Groups[1].Value } |