Powershell string does not contain

Question

I have some code that takes in a string,

Foreach($user in $allUsers){
    if($user.DisplayName.ToLower().Contains("example.com") -or $user.DisplayName.ToLower()) {
    } else {
        $output3 = $externalUsers.Rows.Add($user.DisplayName)
    }
}

Part of the if right after the -or I need to check if the string does not contain an @ sign. How can I check to see if the @ sign is missing?

.Contains() returns a boolean. Just check for !($user.DisplayName.ToLower().Contains("@"))? — Matt
– Matt, Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 18:30

Mathias R. Jessen · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-15 18:32:34Z

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There are a million ways to do it, I would probably go for the following due to readability:

$user.DisplayName -inotmatch "@"

The -match operator does a regex match on the the left-hand operand using the pattern on the right-hand side.

Prefixing it with i make it explicitly case-insensitive, and the not prefix negates the expression

You could also do:

-not($user.DisplayName.ToLower().Contains("@"))
or
!$user.DisplayName.ToLower().Contains("@")

For simple wildcard text-matching (maybe you hate regex, what do I know?):

$user.DisplayName -notlike "*@*"

Or alternatively look for the substring with IndexOf;

$user.DisplayName.IndexOf("@") -eq (-1)

answered Jan 15, 2015 at 18:32

Mathias R. Jessen

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psulek Over a year ago

I like the clearest way with -inotmatch.

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