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CommandInvocationIntrinsics.ExpandString(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Management.Automation
Assembly:
System.Management.Automation.dll
Package:
Microsoft.PowerShell.5.1.ReferenceAssemblies v1.0.0
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.0.13
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.1.7
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.2.12
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.3.5
Package:
System.Management.Automation v7.4.0
Package:
Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.1.0
Package:
Microsoft.WSMan.Runtime v6.2.0

Returns a string with all of the variable and expression substitutions done.

public:
 System::String ^ ExpandString(System::String ^ source);
public:
 Platform::String ^ ExpandString(Platform::String ^ source);
std::wstring ExpandString(std::wstring const & source);
public string ExpandString (string source);
member this.ExpandString : string -> string
Public Function ExpandString (source As String) As String

Parameters

source
String

The string to expand.

Returns

String

The expanded string.

Exceptions

ParseException

Thrown if a parse exception occurred during subexpression substitution.

Applies to