How can you convert double quoted strings to array in PowerShell?

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I have a value written in some file...

"v1", "v2", "v3", "v4"

If I read it as a line from the file, the entire value comes as a string. I can loop/foreach and make it a string array, but I am curious to find out if that's the only option I have? Can I have a simple conversion way in PowerShell to change the string to array, as we typically do like...

$s = @("v1", "v2", "v3", "v4")

CB. · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-04 04:34:31Z

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try:

$myarray = (gc .\myfile.txt) -split ', '

answered Jul 4, 2013 at 4:34

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Piotr Stapp · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-04 04:28:48Z

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You could try conversion durring getting content like below

 $a=@()
 Get-content .\file.txt | %{ $a += $_.split(",")}

The problem is that always after getting line from file it will be a string

answered Jul 4, 2013 at 4:28

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Ansgar Wiechers Over a year ago

+= appending to an array should only be used when the array is small and/or there are few append operations. Problem is that each operation copies the entire content to a new array, so it's really slow.

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