PowerShell count number of characters in a string

Posted by on October 1, 2012 Leave a comment (5) Go to comments

I was just trying to count the number of characters in a string using PowerShell. It seems there is a very simple way to do it. It is a bit different if you are (me include) coming from a C language background like javascript, php or some other similar ones …

So the syntax is as follows:

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$string = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.";
$measureObject = $string | Measure-Object -Character;
$count = $measureObject.Character;
Write-Host $count;

I have written the code above on the examples from Scripting Guy! Blog.

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