Powershell variable expansion along with a single quote

Question

In the expression below I would like $key variable to be expanded to
"//configuration[@navtitle='Some Report']"
How do I achieve that? know that $key value is derived from external file

$key = "Some Report"
Xml.SelectNodes("//configuration[@title=$key]")

zdan · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-23 17:57:22Z

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Single quotes won't be parsed within double quotes. You could put the single quotes in $key or the string:

$key = "'Some Report'"
"//configuration[@title=$key]"

Output:

//configuration[@title='Some Report']

OR

$key = "Some Report"
"//configuration[@title='$key']"

answered Oct 23, 2015 at 17:57

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yantaq Over a year ago

Last one worked. First one doesn't apply because as I said I derive $key value from external source without single quote.

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