Select second line of result

spiceuser-m3g69 · 2020-04-25T18:10:41.000Z

Hello Spiceworks,

I have this object:

$date = "<p><strong>April 1</strong></p>
  <ul>
  <li>New Jersey has received an additional <strong>3,649 </strong>positive test results, bringing the total number of positive 
test results to <strong>22,255</strong></li>"

I strip it down:

(((($date) -split "<strong>") -replace "covid-19", "") -replace "\D+", "")

my result is this:

1
3649
22255

I want to strip the first line, 1, and the last line, 22255, and keep the second line 3649. Something that selects the second line. I am still new to PowerShell, this seems so basic…yet i cant figure it out.

Neally · 2020-04-25T18:15:37.000Z

like so?

$date = "<p><strong>April 1</strong></p>
  <ul>
  <li>New Jersey has received an additional <strong>3,649 </strong>positive test results, bringing the total number of positive 
test results to <strong>22,255</strong></li>"

$info = (((($date) -split "<strong>") -replace "covid-19", "") -replace "\D+", "")
$info[2]

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spiceuser-m3g69 · 2020-04-25T18:27:25.000Z

@alexw

yea … damn , i have a lot to learn. also i edited my post to include the code insert.

Thank you.