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Last Post 02 Sep 2010 06:47 AM by James. 4 Replies.

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James

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02 Sep 2010 02:52 AM
Hello, I am trying to get the first letter of the string and hold that in a variable for use later on in my code. I have tried split which will split into an array for me which is fine however I require just the first letter Does anyone know how I can do this? I have tried using regular expressions however they are not working and I am not too good with them wither. Can anyone assist? My code before the split is: `Get-QADUser -Title "teacher" , "Staff" , "Parent" \|` ForEach-Object { $UserName = $_.givenName + "." + $_.sn $Count = $UserName.Length if($Count -le "20") { Set-QADUser -Identity $UserName ` -UserPrincipalName $UserName + "@" + $School + ".domain.com" ` -SamAccountName $UserName else { $FLetter = $UserName.Split("^") $NewName = $FLetter + "." + $_.GivenName Set-QADUser -Identity $NewName ` -UserPrincipalName $NewName + "@" + $School + ".domain.com" ` -SamAccountName $NewName } `} }` Many Thanks James

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02 Sep 2010 05:16 AM
All you need is the first character? How about: PS>$first="test".substring(0,1) PS>$first

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Shay Levy

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02 Sep 2010 05:26 AM
PS > $first = "string"[0] PS > $first s

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James

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02 Sep 2010 06:25 AM
Hello, Works like a dream! Thank you so much! James

James

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02 Sep 2010 06:47 AM
Hello, Just one more question on this... With my new code of (used for testing) : Get-QADUser -Identity longforenametest.longsurnametest \| ForEach-Object { $Global:User = $_.Name $Global:UserName = $_.givenName + "." + $_.sn $Global:Count = $UserName.Length $DN = $_.DN $dn1 = $DN -replace "CN=.*,OU=Users,OU=","" $School = $dn1 -replace ",OU=foo1,DC=foo,DC=domain,DC=com","" if($Count -lt "21") { $UPN = $UserName + "@" + $School + ".domain.com" Set-QADUser -Identity $User ` -UserPrincipalName $UPN ` -SamAccountName $UserName } if($Count -gt "20"){ $FLetter = $UserName[0] $NewName = $FLetter + "." + $_.sn $NewUPN = $NewName + "@" + $School + ".domain.com" Set-QADUser -Identity $User ` -UserPrincipalName $NewUPN ` -SamAccountName $NewName } } When I run it I get the following error: Name Type DN ---- ---- -- longforena.longsurna user CN=longforena.longsurna,OU=Us... Set-QADUser : The object already exists. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80071392) At line:19 char:12 + Set-QADUser <<<< -Identity $User ` + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-QADUser], DirectoryServic esCOMException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMExc eption,Quest.ActiveRoles.ArsPowerShellSnapIn.Powershell.Cmdlets.SetUserCmd let Does anyone know why? Many Thanks James

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