PowerShell - Create objects with different names

Question

How it is possible to create a object and numbering it?

I want to run a loop and create objects with different names.

$url = "http://stackoverflow.com"
$n = 30

for($i = 0 ; $i -le $n; $i++)
{
($ie +$i) = New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application
($ie +$i).visible = $true
($ie +$i).Navigate($url)
}

So that the results are the objects:

$ie1 $ie2 $ie3 etc.

As @JPBlanc said, you can use New-Variable, but why don't you create an array of objects? You could then access the individual objects with $ie[0], $ie[1], etc. This makes it easier to iterate through all of the objects (eg. to close all instances of Internet explorer: $ie| foreach { $_.Quit() }) — Rynant
– Rynant, Commented Oct 20, 2011 at 13:18

JPBlanc · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-20 08:10:31Z

2

You can use New-Variable CmdLet to create a var in wich you compose the name dynamicaly.

PS C:\Temp> $a = "AV"
PS C:\Temp> $newV = New-Variable -Name ($a+"123") -Value (New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application)
PS C:\Temp> Get-Variable av123

Name                           Value
----                           -----
AV123                          System.__ComObject

answered Oct 20, 2011 at 8:10

JPBlanc

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