[SOLVED] Powershell Array to comma separated string with Quotes

Issue

I have an array that I need to output to a comma separated string but I also need quotes “”. Here is what I have.

$myArray = "file1.csv","file2.csv"
$a = ($myArray -join ",")
$a

The output for
$a
ends up

file1.csv,file2.csv

My desired output is

"file1.csv","file2.csv"

How can I accomplish this?

Solution

Here you go:

[array]$myArray = '"file1.csv"','"file2.csv"'
[string]$a = $null

$a = $myArray -join ","

$a

Output:

"file1.csv","file2.csv"

You just have to get a way to escape the ". So, you can do it by putting around it '.

Answered By – Syphirint

Answer Checked By – Mary Flores (BugsFixing Volunteer)