Splitting a string into separate variables

Like this?

$string = 'FirstPart SecondPart'
$a,$b = $string.split(' ')
$a
$b

An array is created with the -split operator. Like so,

$myString="Four score and seven years ago"
$arr = $myString -split ' '
$arr # Print output
Four
score
and
seven
years
ago

When you need a certain item, use array index to reach it. Mind that index starts from zero. Like so,

$arr[2] # 3rd element
and
$arr[4] # 5th element
years

It is important to note the following difference between the two techniques:

$Str="This is the<BR />source string<BR />ALL RIGHT"
$Str.Split("<BR />")
This
is
the
(multiple blank lines)
source
string
(multiple blank lines)
ALL
IGHT
$Str -Split("<BR />")
This is the
source string
ALL RIGHT 

From this you can see that the string.split() method:

• performs a case sensitive split (note that "ALL RIGHT" his split on the "R" but "broken" is not split on the "r")
• treats the string as a list of possible characters to split on

While the -split operator:

• performs a case-insensitive comparison
• only splits on the whole string