Get certain text in string powershell

Question

I want to get "localhost" (or whatever text) inside this string:

XML-Execute-Result: <host>localhost</host>

I want a general method, like a way to reuse an expression value (like with sed in linux)

sed 's/*[0-9]$/\$&/'

Thank you very much for any reply

David Brabant · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 07:09:15Z

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$text = "XML-Execute-Result: <host>localhost</host>"
if ($text -match "\<host\>(?<host>.*?)\</host\>")
{
    $myhost = $matches.host
}

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 7:01

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Very nice. Thank you very much :)

Adil Hindistan · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 14:06:35Z

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PS> if ($text -match "<host>(.*?)</host>") {$matches[1]}
localhost

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 14:06

Adil Hindistan

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