Hi,

I'm used to creating arrays in Perl such as:

@array = (one, two, three);
foreach $a (@array) { print "$a\n"; }

In powershell, I can't do that unless I quote each element in the array. I guess that's fine if only have a few elements but If I'm copying and pasting a large list of elements that gets old real quick.

I've seen this trick:

function new-array {,$args}
$array = new-array one,two,three



but that seems clunky.

Is there a way to create a simple array consisting of comma separated elements without having to quote/doublequote each one?

Ben

Not the most elegant solution but you can quote the entire set of elements
and then use the split() method on them.

$array = "a,b,c".split(",")

of course that gives you a string array, not sure if that works for you or
not.

"BenConrad" wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm used to creating arrays in Perl such as:
>
> @array = (one, two, three);
> foreach $a (@array) { print "$a\n"; }
>
> In powershell, I can't do that unless I quote each element in the
> array. I guess that's fine if only have a few elements but If I'm
> copying and pasting a large list of elements that gets old real quick.
>
> *I've seen this trick*:
>
> function new-array {,$args}
> $array = new-array one,two,three
>
> but that seems clunky.
>
> Is there a way to create a simple array consisting of comma separated
> elements without having to quote/doublequote each one?
>
> Ben
>
>
> --
> BenConrad
>

Thanks!

That's less clunky than the 'new-array' option:

$array = 'one, two twice, three'.split(",")
foreach ($a in $array) { $a.Trim() }

Originally Posted by PaulChavez

Not the most elegant solution but you can quote the entire set of elements
and then use the split() method on them.

$array = "a,b,c".split(",")

of course that gives you a string array, not sure if that works for you or
not.



"BenConrad" wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm used to creating arrays in Perl such as:
>
> @array = (one, two, three);
> foreach $a (@array) { print "$a\n"; }
>
> In powershell, I can't do that unless I quote each element in the
> array. I guess that's fine if only have a few elements but If I'm
> copying and pasting a large list of elements that gets old real quick.
>
> *I've seen this trick*:
>
> function new-array {,$args}
> $array = new-array one,two,three
>
> but that seems clunky.
>
> Is there a way to create a simple array consisting of comma separated
> elements without having to quote/doublequote each one?
>
> Ben
>
>
> --
> BenConrad
>

Or you can cheat:

function New-Array([Object[]]$Items) {
$Items
}

$Array = New-Array one,two,three

Instead of Object[], use a specific type if type coercion matters.

Josh

"BenConrad" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I'm used to creating arrays in Perl such as:
>
> @array = (one, two, three);
> foreach $a (@array) { print "$a\n"; }
>
> In powershell, I can't do that unless I quote each element in the
> array. I guess that's fine if only have a few elements but If I'm
> copying and pasting a large list of elements that gets old real quick.
>
> *I've seen this trick*:
>
> function new-array {,$args}
> $array = new-array one,two,three
>
> but that seems clunky.
>
> Is there a way to create a simple array consisting of comma separated
> elements without having to quote/doublequote each one?
>
> Ben
>
>
> --
> BenConrad

Wow... I was really tired when I replied. I didn't even notice the part
where you described exactly the same thing.

"Josh Einstein" <josheinstein@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5181B571-E628-481E-A7CF-53915A23C4C0@xxxxxx

> Or you can cheat:
>
> function New-Array([Object[]]$Items) {
> $Items
> }
>
> $Array = New-Array one,two,three
>
> Instead of Object[], use a specific type if type coercion matters.
>
> Josh
>
> "BenConrad" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:5b6cd7317f90b2b080ca8c9175d4473b@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm used to creating arrays in Perl such as:
>>
>> @array = (one, two, three);
>> foreach $a (@array) { print "$a\n"; }
>>
>> In powershell, I can't do that unless I quote each element in the
>> array. I guess that's fine if only have a few elements but If I'm
>> copying and pasting a large list of elements that gets old real quick.
>>
>> *I've seen this trick*:
>>
>> function new-array {,$args}
>> $array = new-array one,two,three
>>
>> but that seems clunky.
>>
>> Is there a way to create a simple array consisting of comma separated
>> elements without having to quote/doublequote each one?
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> --
>> BenConrad

>

On Feb 3, 1:57*pm, BenConrad <gu...@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm used to creating arrays in Perl such as:
>
> @array = (one, two, three);
> foreach $a (@array) * *{ * *print "$a\n"; }
>
> In powershell, I can't do that unless I quote each element in the
> array. *I guess that's fine if only have a few elements but If I'm
> copying and pasting a large list of elements that gets old real quick.
>
> *I've seen this trick*:
>
> function new-array {,$args}
> $array = new-array one,two,three
>
> but that seems clunky.
>
> Is there a way to create a simple array consisting of comma separated
> elements without having to quote/doublequote each one?
>
> Ben
>
> --
> BenConrad

I don't want to veer too far off topic, but you should never do this
in Perl. Are you using 'use strict'? The ambiguity of what you're
really telling the interpreter can lead to weird and hard to debug
side effects. If you wanted to do that just as easily then this would
be better:

my @array = qw(one two three);