replace method is case sensitive

[Frank]

Hi,

Powershell appears to be non casesensitive but when using replace:

$test="abcd"
$test.replace("A","Z")

is case sensitive, why is that?

Thanks,

[Leo Tohill]

That's because .Replace() is a case-sensitive method on the .NET string
class.

This can certainly trip one up. You have to be aware of whether you are
using Powershell operators like -eq, -contains, etc or .Net methods like
.Equals, .Replace, .Contains .

[Kiron]

Use the -Replace operator instead. By default it is case insensitive:

 

$test -replace 'A','Z'

 

# you can explicitly define it as case insensitive by prepending an 'i'
$test -ireplace 'A','Z'

 

# you can explicitly define it as case sensitive by prepending an 'c'
$test -creplace 'A','Z'

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Kiron