I want to add some data into one array variable in PowerShell. but it is showing error like "Index was outside the bounds of the array". What I have is:
$test = @()
for ($i = 0 ; $i -lt 20; $i++)
{
$test[$i] = $i
}
$test
And it is showing error that "Index was outside the bounds of the array".
Is there any way in PowerShell to store the data into an array variable.
$test = @() is a dynamically sized array. If you want to use that you need to append to it in the loop:
$test = @()
for ($i = 0 ; $i -lt 20; $i++) {
$test += $i
}
or (better):
$test = @(for ($i = 0 ; $i -lt 20; $i++) {
$i
})
or (even better, at least in this particular scenario):
$test = 0..19
If you want to assign values via indexed access you need to define the array with a fixed size:
$test = New-Object Object[] (20)
for ($i = 0 ; $i -lt 20; $i++) {
$test[$i] = $i
}
or pre-load a dynamically sized array with the desired number of elements:
$test = 1..20 | ForEach-Object { $null }
for ($i = 0 ; $i -lt 20; $i++) {
$test[$i] = $i
}
Try this -
$test = @()
for($i = 0 ; $i -lt 20; $i++)
{
$test += $i
}
$test
$test[$i] is one of the elements of the array and obviously if you are trying to store 20 elements there, it is bound to give you ArrayOutOfBounds exception. Use the += operator to add values to an existing array.
After you are done storing the elements, you can access individual elements of the array like $test[0]..$test[19] (since an array's index start from 0).
