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When you use the –split operator to split text, then the split text is consumed:
PS> 'Hello, this is a text, and it has commas' -split ',' Hello this is a text and it has commas
As you see, the commas are gone.
The split text can be longer than just one character. This would split at any location that has a comma plus a space:
PS> 'Hello, this is a text, and it has commas' -split ', ' Hello this is a text and it has commas
And since –split expects really a regular expression, this would split at any location that is a comma and then at least one space:
PS> 'Hello, this is a text, and it has commas' -split ',\s{1,}'
Hello
this is a text
and it has commas
If you want, you can keep the split text with the results by enclosing the split text in “(?=…)”:
PS> 'Hello, this is a text, and it has commas' -split '(?=,\s{1,})'
Hello
, this is a text
, and it has commas
