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Reputation: 1243

Powershell - hash table from an array

I have an array in Powershell with the following rows: 1,Tgt,10,Fld 2,XM,8,Fi 3,TX,12,Fi

First column is the row counter, second column is a filter type, 3rd column is a count, 4th column is an Action Type.

I need to create a hash table of the 2nd & 3rd columns.

When I do the following in Powershell, it creates a hash table I can use. 

$z=@()
$z = {
Tgt = 10
XM = 8
TX = 12
}

But, if I use a foreach to attempt to do the same thing, it creates a collection of the collection. 

foreach ($b in $arr) {
   $z2 += @{$b[1] = $b[2]}
   }

Each has 3 elements in it, but the hash table $z is a {System.Collections.DictionaryEntry,System.Collections.DictionaryEntry,System.Collections.DictionaryEntry}

while hash table $z2 is a 

{{System.Collections.DictionaryEntry},{System.Collections.DictionaryEntry},{System.Collections.DictionaryEntry}}

$z can be referenced in a foreach by using the $z.Keys, but I can't reference the same thing on $z2. Even though each has 3 rows, $z is an array of 3 rows, but $z2 is an array of 3 arrays of 1 row each. What I want to do is to have $z and $z2 hash table be identical to each other in every way.

I'm sure I am doing something obvious & wrong trying to create this hash table from the existing array, but cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6034

Answers (1)

Gideon Engelberth
Gideon Engelberth

Reputation: 6155

You don't show where you are initializing $z2, but with this line:

$z2 += @{$b[1] = $b[2]}

you are creating a new hashtable with a single entry (key $b[1] and value $b[2]) and adding it to $z2.

Instead, try using:

$z2[$b[1]] = $b[2]

To create an empty hashtable, use @{}, instead of @() which makes an array.

Upvotes: 3

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