How to concatenate strings in Windows PowerShell? I want to join two strings together.

The easiest way to join two strings together is to use the concatenate operator (+) as shown in the example below:

PS C:\fyicenter> $name = "John"

PS C:\fyicenter> # using string concatenation operation
PS C:\fyicenter> $msg = "Hello "+$name+"!"

PS C:\fyicenter> Write-Host $msg
Hello John!

Another way to join multiple strings together is the "-Join" operation, which takes an array of strings and returns a single string with array elements joined together. See the example below:

PS C:\fyicenter> $name = "John"

PS C:\fyicenter> # using -Join operation
PS C:\fyicenter> $msg = -Join ("Hello ", $name, "!")

PS C:\fyicenter> Write-Host $msg
Hello John!

If you are .NET developer, you probably want to use the System.Text.StringBuilder class to build a long string with smaller pieces as shown in the example below:

PS C:\fyicenter> $name = "John"
PS C:\fyicenter> $str = new-object System.Text.StringBuilder

PS C:\fyicenter> # appending another string to the end of a string
PS C:\fyicenter> $str = $str.Append("Hello ")
PS C:\fyicenter> $str = $str.Append($name)
PS C:\fyicenter> $str = $str.Append("!")

PS C:\fyicenter> $msg = $str.ToString()

PS C:\fyicenter> Write-Host $msg
Hello John!

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