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I want to loop through a bunch of objects and check each object's properties to see if it is a single value (string or int) or if it is an object/array (doesn't matter if it contains anything just see if it is an object or array).

I was going to just do a check to see if each property is a string or and integer, but is there a more efficient way?

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$object -is [Array]

The -is operator checks whether an object is a certain type.

Edit: maybe what you want is to see if it's a Value Type?

$object.GetType().IsValueType

Update: TamusJRoyce mentioned in a comment that they didn't see an .IsValueType property, and suggested this, which is more idiomatic and might work in more situations:

$value -is [System.ValueType]
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but does it make more sense to check whether it is an array OR an object or check if it is an integer or a string?
@red888 I don't think I understand your question. It would help if you had example code or even pseudocode in your question
$value -is [System.ValueType] ($object.GetType() doesn't have IsValueType property for me)
Thanks @TamusJRoyce I like that better, and edited it into my answer. If you prefer to post it as a separate answer I'll remove that and link to yours.
I assume things have changed over time. That is helpful. Thanks @braintist!
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