PowerCLI: Folder Name Mismatch

Hello-

@Harley

You should probably be able to change the regex from using word characters to using any, since the matching/grouping in this instance is based on the “] ” and the trailing “/”. That is, like so:

…
$VmPathName = $VM.Summary.Config.VmPathName
$Folder = ([regex]“\[.+\] (.+)/”).match($VmPathName).Groups[1].Value
$Path = ([regex]“(\[.+\] .+)/”).match($VmPathName).Groups[1].Value
…

For efficiency’s sake, you could also write it as:

…
if ($VmPathName -match “(\[.+\] (.+))/”) {$Folder = $Matches[2]; $Path = $Matches[1];}
…

(50% fewer calls to “match”). And, for clarity’s sake, you could add some named capture groups (such as “?”):

…
if ($VmPathName -match “(?\[.+\] (?.+))/”) {$Folder = $Matches['folder']; $Path = $Matches['path'];}
…

Matt

…(50% fewer calls to “match”). And, for clarity’s sake, you could add some named capture groups (such as “?”):
…
if ($VmPathName -match “(?\[.+\] (?.+))/”) {$Folder = $Matches['folder']; $Path = $Matches['path'];}
…

Doh, looks like the code was broken a bit due to interpreted/discarded angle brackets . That last part should have been something like:

…(50% fewer calls to “match”). And, for clarity’s sake, you could add some named capture groups (such as “?<path>“):
if ($VmPathName -match “(?<path>\[.+\] (?<folder>.+))/”) {$Folder = $Matches['folder']; $Path = $Matches['path'];}

…that is, if I have it right, now (no preview for this comment).