{"id":2335,"date":"2013-12-27T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2013\/12\/27\/powertip-use-powershell-to-create-hash-table\/"},"modified":"2013-12-27T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-use-powershell-to-create-hash-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-use-powershell-to-create-hash-table\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Create Hash Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/b>: Use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create a hash table.<\/p>\n

\"Hey, How can I use Windows PowerShell to create a hash table if do not remember the special syntax?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Use the ConvertFrom-StringData<\/b> cmdlet, and put each key-value pair on its own line. 
          (You can perform this on a single line by using backtick character plus n (`n<\/b>) for a new line):<\/p>\n

PS C:\\> convertfrom-stringdata "a=1`nb=2`nc=3"<\/p>\n

Name                           Value<\/p>\n

—-                           —–<\/p>\n

c                              3<\/p>\n

a                              1<\/p>\n

b                              2<\/p>\n

\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create a hash table.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to create a hash table if do not remember the special syntax?  Use the ConvertFrom-StringData cmdlet, and put each key-value pair on its own line.           (You can perform this on a single line by using backtick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,356,3,4,45],"class_list":["post-2335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-arrays-hash-tables-and-dictionary-objects","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-scripting-techniques","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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