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But, how do i validate it...?<br />
if lastname does not have space<br />
$lastname=$lastname -replace &quot;\s&quot;,&quot;&quot; &nbsp;would not matter ?
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But, how do i validate it...?
if lastname does not have space
$lastname=$lastname -replace "\s",""  would not matter ?

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Yes it doesn't matter. If there is no space then you will get the same input string as a result..
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Yes it doesn't matter. If there is no space then you will get the same input string as a result..

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Will the following 
<pre><code id="code-20-39205908-1">$LastName = $_.&quot;Last Name&quot; -replace &quot;\s&quot;</code></pre>
 work ?
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Will the following

$LastName = $_."Last Name" -replace "\s"

work ?

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Yes..<br />
<br />
<b>$LastName = $_.&quot;Last Name&quot; -replace &quot;&nbsp;&quot;</b><br />
<br />
Will also work..
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Yes..

$LastName = $_."Last Name" -replace " "

Will also work..

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Before:<br />
$sam = $_.&quot;Last Name&quot;.ToLower() + $_.&quot;First Name&quot;.substring(0,1).ToLow<wbr />er()<br />
After:<br />
$LastName = $_.&quot;Last Name&quot; -replace &quot;\s&quot;<br />
$sam = $LastName.ToLower() + $_.&quot;First Name&quot;.substring(0,1).ToLow<wbr />er()
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Before:
$sam = $_."Last Name".ToLower() + $_."First Name".substring(0,1).ToLower()
After:
$LastName = $_."Last Name" -replace "\s"
$sam = $LastName.ToLower() + $_."First Name".substring(0,1).ToLower()

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Hello,<br />
<br />
I have to create AD users from a CSV and would like to know how to remove spaces of a composed last name, for example if an employee's full name is Neymar, Da Silva, then username will be dasilvan<br />
<br />
Thanks for your help,
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Hello,

I have to create AD users from a CSV and would like to know how to remove spaces of a composed last name, for example if an employee's full name is Neymar, Da Silva, then username will be dasilvan

Thanks for your help,

How to remove spaces of composed lastname ?

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