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Vista - Can PoSH Override ToString on Hashtable`

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Old 02-05-2007   #1 (permalink)
Keith Hill


 
 

Can PoSH Override ToString on Hashtable`

Here's an enhancement request. Modify the System.Collections.Hashtable wrapper to override ToString with a more useful version. Currently we get this:

10> $ht = @{e={$_.Name};asc=0}
11> $ht

Name Value
---- -----
e $_.Name
asc 0


12> $ht.ToString()
System.Collections.Hashtable # <-- The type name isn't terribly useful

What I would like to see is this:

13> $ht.ToString()
@{e={$_.Name};asc=0}

This is especially handy if you are building up command strings to use with Invoke-Expression and you want to see what the command string is.

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Keith

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