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Hi all, this may be a simple one to answer but it's eluding me at the moment. I have quite a few users on a network I have inherited with surnames like O'Brian and O'Sullivan. This is making the use of simple arrays a nightmare. So put simply if I have an array like this:
$Array = @('JoeBrown',
'TomO'Brian',
'MattO'Sullican'
'SallySmith'
)

How can I escape the Apostrophe? I have tried numerous combinations of quotes, double quotes and backticks all to no avail

Jeremy Weisinger

You can use single quotes inside of double quotes.

$Array = @("JoeBrown",
"TomO'Brian",
"MattO'Sullican"
"SallySmith"
)

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Dead_Eyes

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Thanks guys and doh!, think when I tried that before I must have had multiple Apostrophes to close together. That or the usual IT sleep deprivation lol. Anyways thanks that's made the rest of the day a lot easier.

oBdA

Btw: another way to turn strings into arrays would be to use a here-string and split it; saves even more quotes and commas (note that the closing quote of the here-string may not be indented):

$Array = @"
	JoeBrown
	TomO'Brian
	MattO'Sullican
	SallySmith
"@.Split("`r`n`t", [StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries)

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