Creating Arrays in Powershell

Arrays are useful in PowerShell because they allow you to store multiple values in a single variable. This can be convenient when you want to pass a group of values to a function, or when you want to manipulate multiple values in a loop.

For example, let's say you want to store a list of server names in a variable and then pass that list to a function that pings each server to see if it is online. You could do this using an array:

$serverList = "server1", "server2", "server3" foreach ($server in $serverList) { Test-Connection -ComputerName $server -Quiet }

You can also use arrays to store the output of cmdlets and functions. For example, the following command stores the results of the Get-Process cmdlet in an array:

$processes = Get-Process

You can then access individual elements of the array using their index, like this:

$processes[0]

This would return the first element of the array (the first process in the list).

In general, arrays can be useful when you need to store and manipulate a large number of values in a structured way.

To create an array in PowerShell, you can use the New-Object cmdlet and specify the type System.Array as follows:

$array = New-Object System.Array

You can also create an array and initialize it with values at the same time, like this:

$array = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Or you can use the @() syntax to create an array and specify its values in a comma-separated list:

$array = @(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

You can also create an array of a specific data type by using the System.Array type and the -Type parameter, like this:

$array = New-Object System.Array -Type int -Dimension 5

This will create an array of integers with 5 elements, all of which are initialized to 0.

You can also create an array of a specific size and initialize it with values using the -Value parameter:

$array = New-Object System.Array -Type int -Dimension 5 -Value 1,2,3,4,5

This will create an array of integers with 5 elements, all of which are initialized to the specified values.

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Posted: 2023-01-09
By: dwirch
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