What is this type of PowerShell array using @"..."@?

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Recently, I saw a PowerShell array written like this:

$qCommand = @"
<View Scope="RecursiveAll">
<Query>
    <OrderBy><FieldRef Name='ID' Ascending='TRUE'/></OrderBy>
</Query>
<RowLimit Paged="TRUE">5000</RowLimit>
</View>
"@

I've not encountered this kind of syntax yet with PowerShell arrays, only the standard @().

What's @"..."@ for?

Run the command help about_Quoting_Rules and read on.

Bill_Stewart
– Bill_Stewart

2017-11-13 15:47:02 +00:00
Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 15:47 — Bill_Stewart
– Bill_Stewart, Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 15:47

henrycarteruk · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-13 10:52:14Z

2

It's not an array but rather a Here-String.

The Here-String construction provides an easy way for handling text, it's specialty is dealing with speech marks and other delimiters without the need for inserting escape characters.

Quoted from: http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/powershell/powershell_here_string.htm

answered Nov 13, 2017 at 10:52

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