Why is powershell giving an incorrect length of this array

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I have read here that when we read in the contents of .txt file using the get-content cmdlet into a variable, it is saved as an Array:

When Get-Content reads a text file and stashes the contents in a variable, the data is stored as an array, with each line in the file (determined by the presence of a carriage return-linefeed character) representing a single item in the array.

I read in the contents of the text file using get-content, and 4 lines were printed to the powershell console.

Then I read in the contents of the same file into a variable ips, and then used the ips.length as well as ips.count, 7 was printed out.

What am I missing?

Interesting, but without an MCVE (Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable Example) it's hard to diagnose this problem. — mklement0
– mklement0, Commented Aug 17, 2016 at 5:30
There is a blank line at the top and two at the bottom of your content. These, plus the four lines of content = count/length 7 — Tibrogargan
– Tibrogargan, Commented Aug 17, 2016 at 5:35
@Tibrogargan Please post that as an answer. I can't upvote your comment due to low votes I have. — Jesss
– Jesss, Commented Aug 17, 2016 at 6:45

Tibrogargan · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-17 06:48:10Z

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There is a blank line at the top and two at the bottom of your content. These, plus the four lines of content = count/length 7

answered Aug 17, 2016 at 6:48

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