I just tried this and this worked: $username = "pattont" $username[0]
This returned "p". Results may vary though. T On 23 August 2013 11:03, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone have any ideas how to grab the first character of a string (namely > a username) in PowerShell? > > Plenty of hits on removing the last characters from Google, but nothing > useful > > Cheers, > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk >
