Comments on: Powershell function New-Array

By: virgilio

virgilio — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:02:38 +0000

how can I create a bidimensional array and sort it by 1 dimension
0 1
[1.23][123]
[3.56][356]
[2.56][256]
[1.00][100]

I want to sort by column 1so I can return column 0 in the right order
[1.00] 1.00.cs
[1.23] 1.23.cs
[2.56] 2.56.sql
[3.56] 3.56.sqc

The number are actually filenames with extension but some how they come in the wrong order because of the dots

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:01:15 +0000

I’m having a similar difficulty: I want a function to ALWAYS return an array, even if there is one element. However, it’s ALWAYS converting the array to a scalar when it returns it, even if I add a comma before the variable being returned. I even tried adding your new-array function to the return, and it’s still not working:

PS > function new-array {,$args}
PS > $i = new-array 1
PS > $i
1
PS > $i.count
1
PS > function a {$x=1; return new-array $x}
PS > $x = a
PS > $x
1
PS > $x.count
PS >

Am I doing something wrong here? I really, REALLY don’t want to change every place I call this function to force the array — I want to force the array in the function, so that calling it uses the same syntax as calling any other function.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ken

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