I have this command
Write-Host "Background " -NoNewline; [System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]
::PrimaryMonitorSize.Width; Write-Host "x" -NoNewline;
[System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Height
I want it to come out Background 1920x1080
I cant seem to find a way to stop the command
[System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Width
from making a new line.
Its coming out
Background 1920
x1080
It's less complicated to simply use string formatting or in-line expand into a single string.
"Background {0}x{1}" -f [System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Width,[System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Height
or
Write-Host "Background $([System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Width)x$([System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Height)"
An article on various formatting options: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2013/03/12/use-powershell-to-format-strings-with-composite-formatting/
The reason you're getting the extra newline is that your code sample omitted a Write-Host on the Width portion. The first items went to Write-Host, then an item on the output stream that didn't have a way to omit the newline. Simply correcting that flaw gives you the output you desired, but the approach is overly complicated.
Fixed original sample:
Write-Host "Background " -NoNewline;
Write-Host ([System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Width) -NoNewLine;
Write-Host "x" -NoNewline;
Write-Host ([System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Height)
You are getting multiple lines because you are not calling Write-Host -NoNewLine on the command to output the width. Your code is running the following four commands
Write-Host "Background " -NoNewline
[System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Width
Write-Host "x" -NoNewline
[System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Height
The second and fourth commands insert a newline, because you didn't use Write-Host to tell them not to.
Write-Host is not usually the best way to output text. A better option would be to build the output string in one statement using PowerShell's -f formatting operator.
$width = [System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Width
$height = [System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation]::PrimaryMonitorSize.Height
"Background {0}x{1}" -f ($width, $height)
