Programming Fundamentals/Arrays/PowerShell
arrays.ps1
[edit | edit source]# This program demonstrates array processing, including:
# display, total, max, min, parallel arrays, sort
# multidimensional arrays, and dynamic arrays.
#
# References:
# https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/PowerShell/Arrays_and_Hash_Tables
function Display-Array($array)
{
for ($index = 0; $index -lt $array.Length; $index++)
{
Write-Host $array[$index]
}
}
function Sum-Array($array)
{
$total = 0
for ($index = 0; $index -lt $array.Length; $index++)
{
$total += $array[$index]
}
return $total
}
function Max-Array($array)
{
$maximum = $array[0]
for ($index = 1; $index -lt $array.Length; $index++)
{
if ($maximum -lt $array[$index])
{
$maximum = $array[$index]
}
}
return $maximum
}
function Min-Array($array)
{
$minimum = $array[0]
for ($index = 1; $index -lt $array.Length; $index++)
{
if ($minimum -gt $array[$index])
{
$minimum = $array[$index]
}
}
return $minimum
}
function Display-Parallel($names, $ages)
{
for ($index = 0; $index -lt $names.Length; $index++)
{
Write-Host $($names[$index] + ' is ' +
$ages[$index].ToString() + ' years old')
}
}
function Display-Multidimensional()
{
$game = @('X', 'O', 'X'),
@('O', 'O', 'O'),
@('X', 'O', 'X')
for($row = 0; $row -lt 3; $row++)
{
for($column = 0; $column -lt 3; $column++)
{
Write-Host -NoNewline $game[$row][$column]
if ($column -lt 2)
{
Write-Host -NoNewline " | "
}
}
Write-Host
}
}
function Dynamic-Array()
{
$array = @()
for($index = 0; $index -lt 5; $index++)
{
$array += Get-Random -Maximum 100
}
Display-Array $array
}
function Main()
{
$names = @('Lisa', 'Michael', 'Ashley', 'Jacob', 'Emily')
$ages = @(49, 48, 26, 19, 16)
Display-Array $names
Display-Array $ages
$total = Sum-Array $ages
$maximum = Max-Array $ages
$minimum = Min-Array $ages
Write-Host "Total: $total"
Write-Host "Maximum: $maximum"
Write-Host "Minimum: $minimum"
Display-Parallel $names $ages
$ages = $ages | Sort-Object
Display-Array $ages
Display-Multidimensional
Dynamic-Array
}
Main
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