0phoi5 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) Hi guys, I have the following PowerShell code; $FolderPath = "\\server\folder1\folder2\~folder3" $SplitFolder = $FolderPath -split '\\' I can then echo each split using; echo $SplitFolder[2] server echo $SplitFolder[3] folder1 echo $SplitFolder[4] folder2 but when I get to echo $SplitFolder[5], because the folder name begins with a tilde (~), it fails; echo $SplitFolder[5] Cannot index into a null array. At line:1 char:1 + echo $SplitFolder[5] + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray Any ideas why the -split fails to set the variable correctly, for the folder beginning with a tilde? Please note that I am planning on making the folder path an input from the user, so they may put in any path. Therefore, I cannot simply escape the one character, as it will be different each time. Thank you. Edited May 23, 2017 by haze1434 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Cooper Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 That looks very odd to me, as when I try it in powershell it works fine. PS > $folderPath="\\server\folder1\folder2\~folder3" PS > $splitFolder = $folderPath -split '\\' PS > echo $splitFolder[2] server PS > echo $splitFolder[3] folder1 PS > echo $splitFolder[4] folder2 PS > echo $splitFolder[5] ~folder3 In fact if I ask for an array index that doesn't exist I still don't get the error PS > echo $splitFolder[6] PS > I can get the same error you get by misspelling the variable name (e.g. by dropping the 'e' in folder) PS > echo $splitFoldr[6] Cannot index into a null array. At line:1 char:1 + echo $splitFoldr[6] + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArray I'd suggest check the spelling (though I can't see any difference in your example) and trying again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0phoi5 Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Jason Cooper said: I can get the same error you get by misspelling the variable name. Bingo. Doh! Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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