Powershell: Assign array value to dynamic variable

Question

I am trying to fetch the IP address of the machine.

[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses('testpc') | Select-Object -expand IPAddressToString

and it is returning the IPAddress but this machine has more than one network adaptor. So, it is returning 3 IP addresses.

10.4.6.10
192.168.100.8
::1

I need an IP address in a separate variable.

Any advise how can i assign it.

stackprotector · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-12 08:22:13Z

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As Select-Object will return an array, if it returns more than one object, you can access each element by an index for example:

([System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses('testpc') | Select-Object -expand IPAddressToString)[1]

Output:

192.168.100.8

answered Jun 12, 2020 at 8:22

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Thanks for the answer. How can i assign other IP address to variable. Because it may vary system to system.

What may vary? The IP addresses on each system (sure) or the number of IP addresses on each system?