Powershell Variable as Property Name

Thursday, May 08, 2014

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I discovered something beautiful and wonderous today. It's possible in Powershell to use a variable directly as a property name!  For instance:

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\> $d = Get-Date
PS C:\>
PS C:\> $prop = "DayOfWeek"
PS C:\>
PS C:\> $d.$prop
Thursday
PS C:\>

Mind blown.


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