Access multiple outputs from a script by symbolic names (keys)

Question

I'm a beginner in powershell scripting, I want to be able to distinguish between the outputs of a script. Lets take as an example this script test.ps1:

param([System.String] $w)
$x=$w+" is correct"
$y=$w+ " is false"
$x
$y

to execute it and retrieve the values $x & $y, I'm doing this:

$a=.\test1.ps1 -w test
$a[0] #this is x
$a[1] # this is y

is there a way we can use something similar to $a.x to retrieve the $x value?

Thanks.

Answer 1

To do what you want, you will need an object that contains a key/value pair or named properties. For example, you can create an object called a with properties x and y:

$x = "one"
$y = "two"
$a = [pscustomobject]@{"x"=$x;"y"=$y}

Testing the Above Case:

$a

x   y
-   -
one two

$a.x
one
$a.y
two

I like the link PSCustomObjects for an explanation of creating and using custom objects.

Testing with a Function:

function test {

param([string] $w)

$x = $w + "x"
$y = $w + "y"

[pscustomobject]@{"x"=$x; "y"=$y}
}

$a = test "my property "
$a

x             y
-             -
my property x my property y


$a.x
my property x
$a.y
my property y