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Powershell version 7.1,VSCode v5.1x, Net5, Windows 10

Objective: To learn the string.split.overloaddefinitions method and parameters. Using VSCode it is an option from the split to select the overloaddefinitions as...$Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions(?) MS Docs (link included) state that it has 3 options (0,1,2)but the detail is very sparse. Is it 1 numeric or "1" string or literal "RemoveEmptyEntries"? I have tried many variants and none work. So I am seeking some guidance as to what I am missing or misunderstanding. The runtime error when using this overload is always "does not contain a method named 'OverloadDefinitions'." which seems to be an erroneous message. Using Set-Transcript captures the result but this is not useful because the bottom line is still the same error. The C# examples have been tried with worse results. So now what?

The code snippet for testing is... #Start-Transcript "C:\Users\AlPerkins\Desktop\Transcript.txt" #transcript available but not included

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.stringsplitoptions?view=net-5.0

$String="Harry & Joanne  Joint open statement as of June 4 2021"
$Hash=$String.Split()                                               # OK but with empty entries from spaces. Empties need to be removed.
$Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions("1")     # OK in VSCode editor but runtime errors-> 'does not contain a method named 'OverloadDefinitions'. '            
$Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions("2")                        # Ditto
$Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions(1)                          # Ditto
$Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions(2)                          # Ditto 
$Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions("RemoveEmptyEntries")       # Ditto
$Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions("TrimEntries")              # Ditto

How to split string by string in Powershell and other

ideas from stackoverflow but my attempts fail - Nothing from here will even compile. The examples here are C# code and I am not a C# guy.

so the above are my best options if I can get the method options to work.

<# $Hash=$String.Split(" ",System.StringSplitOptions "RemoveEmptyEntries" )        #Note the char '-' in these lines ere not type by me but are char('AD')
$Hash=$String.Split(' ',[System.StringSplitOptions]::"TrimEntries")
$Hash=$String.split(' ',[System.StringSplitOptions]::"RemoveEmptyEntries")
$Hash=$String.Split(' ',[System.StringSplitOptions]::"RemoveEmptyEntries, [System.StringSplitOptions]::"TrimEntries")
#>

Anyone that has been successful with this approach please kick start me on the right track because I have fallen of my bike here.

Many Thanks

Late to the party here but I finally resolved this for my purpose with the following. # $TextObj=$text.Split("`n", [System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries::TrimEntries ). The sequence seems important as swapping removeemptyentries and trimentries returned an error. It also seems that an entry that contains spaces (char(32) ) is NOT empty. — Al Perkins
– Al Perkins, Commented Jan 18, 2023 at 15:12

Al Perkins · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-17 18:32:33Z

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OK, so far after a VSCode update to 1.57 $Split=$FName.Split(" ", [System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries) This now works but it still will not work with... $Split=$Fname.Split.OverLoadDefinitions( ) Seems like this a PS problem as every effort returns an error 'Method OverloadDefinition unknown'.

answered Jun 17, 2021 at 18:32

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Al Perkins · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-23 16:00:21Z

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Since original post I have no responses except a mysterious prompt to update VSCode v1.56 to VSCode v1.57. As I earlier stated this improved things immensely albiet that the method $Hash=$String.split.OverloadDefinitions() still errored. Since then I have reviewed and checked the string.split further and again mysteriously the method ...split.OverloadDefinitions is no longer an option in IntelliSense. So this was a VSCode bug issue. Issue Closed.

answered Jun 23, 2021 at 16:00

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How to split string by string in Powershell and other

ideas from stackoverflow but my attempts fail - Nothing from here will even compile. The examples here are C# code and I am not a C# guy.

so the above are my best options if I can get the method options to work.

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