Format Multilevel Arrays in PowerShell

re: Format Multilevel Arrays in PowerShell

Ed Wilson — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:47:08 GMT

@Keith @Craig thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the article.

@Brandon you are correct that removing @() is irrelevant. My point is showing how to deal with the problem as it exists in RTM Windows PowerShell 2.0.

re: Format Multilevel Arrays in PowerShell

Brandon — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:39:06 GMT

AFAICT, the issue DF was having here is entirely one of the syntax parser getting confused about where the line ends. Removing the outer @() is wholly irrelevant. Moving the comma to the end of the line -or- placing a backtick at the end of the line to escape the newline fixes the issue. The former implicitly continues the statement, the latter does so explicitly. Quite honestly, however, the parser should be smart enough to see the open parens for the outer @() and not stop parsing the line until it finds the matching close parens 5 lines later. I'd argue this is a parsing bug.

re: Format Multilevel Arrays in PowerShell

Craig Lussier — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:15:25 GMT

This is a well written with simplified examples and language post on multi-level arrays. Thanks for sharing and keep the posts coming!

re: Format Multilevel Arrays in PowerShell

Keith Langmead — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:27:51 GMT

Great post, a while ago I hunted for a decent explanation of how multi-level arrays work in PowerShell, and this is the first time I've seen it explained it so well.