$xml = New-Object XML $xml.Load(".\tools\UglyToad.PdfPig.Package\UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj") $current = $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].Version $hyphenIndex = $current.IndexOf('-') $len = If ($hyphenIndex -lt 0) { $current.Length } Else { $hyphenIndex } $version = $current.Substring(0, $len) Write-Output $version