Powershell save in a variable text and content of another variable with multiple lines

Question

I am looking for away to load a variable with a combination of text and content of other vars, but in separate lines. i.e.

$a=text1
$b=text2
$c = "text"
(line2) $a
(line3) $b

So in $c i would like to store $a and $b plus some text in different lines and show it up with write-host

'write-host $c'

i tried

$c=@'
this is line1
line2: contains $a
line3: contains $b
@'

but instead of the value of the vars I get $a, $b etc```

Does this answer your question? string variable not substituted in multi-line string — Paolo
– Paolo, Commented Apr 3, 2023 at 8:22
Quoting in PowerShell is like ksh/bash/etc. Strings enclosed in QUOTATION MARK characters get interpolated. Strings enclosed in APOSTROPHE characters are as-is, without interpolation. — lit
– lit, Commented Apr 3, 2023 at 13:41

Viktor Török · Accepted Answer · 2023-04-03 08:22:23Z

3

The correct and working script is the following:

$a = "text1"
$b = "text2"
$c = @"
this is line1
line2: contains $a
line3: contains $b
"@

Write-Host $c

You must use double quotes and the @ character is in a wrong place in your script.

answered Apr 3, 2023 at 8:22

Viktor Török

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