Playing with Collections

Array Collections.ps1

$SplitHereString = @"
a
b
c
"@ -split [System.Environment]::NewLine

$SplitHereString.GetType() # notice it's String[] / System.Array 


$ConstructedArray = @('a','b','c')

$ConstructedArray.GetType() # notice it's Object[] / System.Array  



$TypecastedConstructedArray = [string[]]@('a','b','c')

$TypecastedConstructedArray.GetType() # notice it's String[] / System.Array  



$SplitNumberHereString = @"
1
2
3
"@ -split [System.Environment]::NewLine

$SplitNumberHereString.GetType() # notice it's String[] / System.Array  


[int[]]$TypecastedSplitNumberHereString = @"
1
2
3
"@ -split [System.Environment]::NewLine

$TypecastedSplitNumberHereString.GetType() # notice it's Int32[] / System.Array