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Some XML files I'm looking at don't always include the name but

</NAME>

If I have trim() in the code it fails

[PSCustomObject]@{
   Title = $customer.Name.Title.Trim()
   FirstName = $customer.Name.First_Name.Trim()
   LastName = $customer.Name.Last_Name.Trim()
   EmailConsent = $emailConsent
   EmailSoftOptIn = $emailSoftOptIn
}

How can I check so not apply trim() when attribute isn't there. I'm just researching to to see if I can assign to a variable and then check if it's empty but is this the best way.

This is linked to a previous post which was answered perfectly (I have put here for insight to full code)

Powershell access XML node with multiple attributes within a forloop

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    then check for null first Commented Oct 16, 2020 at 13:53
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    $customer.Name.Title -as [string] |% Trim Commented Oct 16, 2020 at 18:36
  • Thanks Mathias I was looking into using null as marsze suggested but that one above looks cleaner than my attempt Commented Oct 17, 2020 at 9:44
  • $Title = $customer.Name.Title if($Title -ne $null) {$Title=$Title.Trim()} Commented Oct 17, 2020 at 9:44
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    Or use ('' + $customer.Name.Title).Trim() or regex: $customer.Name.Title -replace '^\s+|\s+$' Commented Oct 17, 2020 at 13:41
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