How can I declare variables and assign values to them at run time.
Reason: I am fetching these variables values from sql server and these variable values are configurable in nature
Code which I have tried till now
[array]$varArray = @($($ServerName),$($HostName))
foreach($varname in $varArray)
{
$varname = "some test value"
}
Write-Host $ServerName
Write-Host $HostName
The simplest way of using dynamically named variables would be a dictionary:
$vars = @{} # create empty dictionary
# add key/value pairs to dictionary:
$vars["foo"] = 23
$vars["bar"] = "foobar"
$vars["baz"] = Get-Content C:\sample.txt
Another way would be to declare variables on the fly:
$name = "foo"
$value = "bar"
New-Variable $name $value
echo $foo
Or you could create a custom object and add properties as Kyle C suggested. That approach is similar to a dictionary, although technically different.
Get-Variable -Name $name -ValueOnly. You never actually need to know the name of the dynamic variable.You could try adding a NoteProperty to the object.
$varname | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name TestProperty -value "some test value" -PassThru
Also see this for what types of objects you can add a member to: What objects are suitable for Add-Member?
