Multiple objects inside variables, output them one by one with powershell

Question

I got a question, I've been searching high and low for this but cant find an answer (also my coding skills are zero to none).. In powershell I have 2 variables, for example say $apples and $oranges. They both contain a list of values that are not yet split and $oranges sometimes contains an empty value, like

$apples = red green blue yellow purple
$oranges = car bike   chair shirt

They are in the correct order

Now what I'm trying to achieve is split the values inside the variables, but only print those values inside $apples that have a value greater than 2 characters in $oranges

So that it skips "blue" because in $oranges that spot is empty and the output in the text file would become something like this:

Apples red
Oranges car

Apples green
Oranges bike

Apples yellow
Oranges chair

Apples purple
Oranges shirt

Is there any mastermind out there that could help me?

Perhaps you should rephrase your question. What type shall the vars have to have an empty spot? Can't grep the meaning of only print those values inside $apples that have a value greater than 2 characters in $oranges — user6811411
– user6811411, Commented Feb 26, 2017 at 15:17
Well the values inside both variables are in the same order, but some values inside the second variable are empty and contain just a space like " ".. So what i want is for example if the length of the third value inside $oranges is less than 2, it also ignores or skips the third value inside $apples.. Then i wanna write the output like first value of $apples and first value of $oranges, then second value of $apples and second value of $oranges, etc etc — Agterbosch
– Agterbosch, Commented Feb 26, 2017 at 15:29

user6811411 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-26 16:01:10Z

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I edited your question to make any sense, you can't set a string containing spaces to a var without quoting. I still don't know what the meaning of that sentence is.

This script:

$apples = ("red green blue yellow purple").split(' ')
$oranges = ("car bike  chair shirt").split(' ')
for ($i=0;$i -le $apples.Length; $i++){
  if ($oranges[$i]){
    "Apples {0}" -f $apples[$i]
    "Oranges {0}" -f $oranges[$i]
    ""
  }
}

Returns this output:

>  .\SO_42469662.ps1
Apples red
Oranges car

Apples green
Oranges bike

Apples yellow
Oranges chair

Apples purple
Oranges shirt

answered Feb 26, 2017 at 16:01

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Agterbosch Over a year ago

This worked perfectly, you saved me so much headache man, thanks a million

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