Parsing a file to create an array of lines

Question

This seems so incredibly simple but I am missing something. I just need to add an array to array[0], array[1], etc. I am taking a vcard file and trying to read all the lines

Answer 1

This should do exactly what you want:

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Collections

[System.Collections.Generic.List[object]]$allContacts = @()
[System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]$contact = @()

$filePath  = 'C:\temp\Contacts_Backup.vcf'
$endMarker = 'END:VCARD'

foreach($line in [System.IO.File]::ReadLines($filePath))
{
        if( $line -eq $endMarker ) {
            $allContacts.Add( $contact.ToArray() )
            $contact.Clear()
        }
        else {
            $contact.Add( $line )
        }
}

# Ready. Show result.

foreach( $vcf in $allContacts ) {

    "Contact: "
    $vcf

}