Powershell add-content array output displaying System.Object[]

Question

I have an array named $RolesFunArray. It contains one or more elements like this:

ZPP01 0  
ZPP02 1   
ZPP03 1

All arrays are system.string except for $RolesFunArray which is system.object.

I am trying to output this variable to a text file. It always shows the object type and not the string. I have tried -join, [string]$RolesFunArray and several other things and none of them work (no errors, just more System.Object[]).

Basically, I am reading a larger file line by line, grabbing some text, matching that text against another file and then picking text from the two files and writing them together to that $Line variable, which I then am outputting to a new line in a third file. I want tabs between the variables in the $Line output.

Any ideas? Thanks!

Here is what I am using to output.

$Line = $FirstWord[1] + ([char]0x0009) + $TstcSplit[6] + ([char]0x0009) + $RolesFunArray

add-content -Encoding ASCII -path "c:\sapdl\test\$File.log" -value "$Line'r"

It might be difficult to reproduce your issue here as you have variables we have to assume their state. $FirstWord is a string? If not that would be an issue. That would be my first question since it would determine how the object is saved. Also, if $line was typed earlier it would persist that way throughout the code. $RolesFunArray should just be a space delimited string if cast as such. What is $FirstWord.GetType().Fullname — Matt
– Matt, Commented Apr 13, 2016 at 17:05
Also if you are building a tab delimited file might as well crate you own objects and use Export-CSV -delimiter "t"` — Matt
– Matt, Commented Apr 13, 2016 at 17:08
Then the type of $line should be string as well. Is that the case? — Matt
– Matt, Commented Apr 13, 2016 at 19:05

majkinetor · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-13 16:25:24Z

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The easiest way to do that is to:

$RolesForFunArray | Export-Csv out.csv

There are number of other functions to let you use xml, json etc. Otherwise you could simply try "$RolesForFunArray"

The output depends on type of object ofcourse, this works for String[] arrays. For other types you need to convert it via foreach loop item by item.

answered Apr 13, 2016 at 16:25

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Paul Demay Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply. I want to output the array as string into another variable ($Line) which then outputs to a file using that add-content line in the code I posted. Using quotes around the $RolesFunArray (still output system.object[]) did not work. I'll keep poking around as I am stuck!

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