We should briefly mention that there are builtin functions you can use to do specific string and path manipulation in msbuild, along with math

@kg - Can you point me to any docs on those functions or write up a blurb about them? I haven't used them before.

@kg - Can you point me to any docs on those functions or write up a blurb about them? I haven't used them before.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/property-functions?view=vs-2019

There are some for item lists too but I don't know where they are in the docs.

EDIT: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/item-functions?view=vs-2019