Powershell IF statement syntax issue

Question

I am having some issues with getting a part of my script to work.

Say that $SEMFINAL = /O=Default/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=name1 [email protected]

IF ($SEMFINAL -match "name1 [email protected]") {Set-variable -name SEMIFINAL -value "[email protected]"}

I have tried using set-variable and just $A = B but it isnt working.

Jimbo · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-21 16:59:16Z

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You need to wrap your string in single quotes:

$SEMFINAL = '/O=Default/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=name1 [email protected]'

then:

IF ($SEMFINAL -match "name1 [email protected]") {$SEMFINAL = "[email protected]"}

answered Aug 21, 2015 at 16:59

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Dane Boulton Over a year ago

Thats weird I dont see why that shouldnt work but I tested it in my ps environment and it doesnt set $SEMFINAL correctly but if I do IF ($SEMFINAL -match "name1 [email protected]") {$test = "[email protected]"} then $test has the correct value

Jimbo Over a year ago

sets correctly for me - check for semifinal (instead of semfinal) typo in your code

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