PowerShell: Here-String (block quote for big text)

What is Here-String

Here-string is a syntax for quoting long multi-lines text.

Here-String with APOSTROPHE delimiter (Literal)

Syntax

$x = @' text_body '@

• text_body is the string.
• text_body can be multiple lines.
• text_body is taken literally. No special interpretation.
• The last line of text_body does not include the newline character.

• @' must be on its own line.
• '@ must be on its own line.

Example

$x = @'
some
'@

$x -eq 'some'
# True

Here-String with QUOTATION MARK delimiter (Interpreted)

Syntax

$x = @" text_body "@

Similar to Here-String with APOSTROPHE delimiter, except that dollar sign $ sequence are considerd as expressions and GRAVE ACCENT ` is escape sequence.

• PowerShell: QUOTATION MARK Quoted String (Expandable)
• PowerShell: String Escape Sequences

Example

$x = 3

$text = @"
aa`nbb
$x cats
"@

$text
<#
aa
bb
3 cats
#>