String concatenation in PowerShell - Mini Project: Build & Apply

String concatenation

📖 Scenario: You are creating a simple script to combine parts of a person's name into a full name. This is like putting together pieces of a puzzle to see the whole picture.

🎯 Goal: Build a PowerShell script that creates a full name by joining first name, middle name, and last name using string concatenation.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create variables for first name, middle name, and last name with exact values.

Create a variable for a space character to use as a separator.

Concatenate the names with spaces in between using the + operator.

Print the full name to the console.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Combining strings is common when creating messages, file paths, or user information in scripts.

💼 Career

Knowing how to join strings helps automate report generation, logging, and user interface text in many IT and scripting jobs.

1

Create name parts

Create three variables called $firstName, $middleName, and $lastName with the exact values "John", "F.", and "Kennedy" respectively.

PowerShell

# Create variables $firstName, $middleName, and $lastName with given values
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the = sign to assign the exact strings to each variable.

2

Create space separator

Create a variable called $space and assign it the exact value of a single space character " ".

PowerShell

$firstName = "John"
$middleName = "F."
$lastName = "Kennedy"

# Create variable $space with a single space string
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Remember a space is just a string with one space character inside quotes.

3

Concatenate full name

Create a variable called $fullName that concatenates $firstName, $space, $middleName, $space, and $lastName using the + operator.

PowerShell

$firstName = "John"
$middleName = "F."
$lastName = "Kennedy"

$space = " "

# Concatenate $fullName using + operator
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the plus sign + to join strings together in PowerShell.

4

Print the full name

Write a line to print the variable $fullName to the console using Write-Output.

PowerShell

$firstName = "John"
$middleName = "F."
$lastName = "Kennedy"

$space = " "

$fullName = $firstName + $space + $middleName + $space + $lastName

# Print $fullName to the console
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use Write-Output $fullName to show the full name on the screen.