Hash Table, Multiples values in Key, Foreach Loop Powershell - powershell

Question

I have filled the keys with the necessary values,
Every key will have multiples values
$vms = #{}
$vms.template += $templateName
$vms.name += $vmName
$vms.EsxiHostName += $esxiHostName
$vms.datastore += $datastoreName
$vms.network += $networkName
$vms.FolderLocation += $folderName
$vms.vCPU += $vCPU
$vms.CoresPerCPU += $vmCores
$vms.Memory += $vmRam
$vms.IP += $vmIP
$vms.SubnetMask += $vmMask
$vms.gateway += $vmGateway
$vms.DNS1 += $vmDns1
$vms.DNS2 += $vmDns2
$vms.Description += $vmDescription
$vms.TrendMicroScanDay += $tmscanday
$vms.inventory_billing_owner += $inventoryBillingOwner
And now what I want to do is something like this because I want to use these variables in another commands.
foreach ($vm in $vms) {
#Assign Variables
$VCTemplate = $vm.template
$VMName = $vm.Name
$VMHost = $vm.EsxiHostName
$Datastore = $vm.datastore
$NetworkName = $vm.network
$FolderLocation = $vm.FolderLocation
$vCPU = $vm.vCPU
$CoresPerCPU = $vm.CoresPerCPU
$Memory = $vm.Memory
$VMIP = $vm.IP
$SubnetMask = $vm.SubnetMask
$GW = $vm.Gateway
$DNS1 = $vm.DNS1
$DNS2 = $vm.DNS2
$Description = $VM.Description
$TrendMicroScanDay = $VM.TrendMicroScanDay
$inventory_billing_owner = $VM.inventory_billing_owner
}
It seems foreach loop doesn't work this way and I try to find information about it but was not possible
Someone know how can I work with a Foreach Loop and a Hash Table with multiples values per key?
Thanks
EDIT:
Thanks Mclayton for answer, I tried your solutions
First I want to send you what is inside of $vms
PS C:\Users\me\Desktop> $vms
Name Value
---- ----- SubnetMask {255.255.255.0, 255.255.255.255} description {TEST, Test 2}
Memory {4, 8}
name {Name1, Test 2}
vCPU {4, 8}
ip {10.10.10.1, 20.20.20.1} datastore {vsanDatastore, vsanDatastore} dns2 {10.10.10.5, 20.20.20.5}
gateway {10.10.10.3, 20.20.20.3}
template {ESSQLTEMPLATE01, WIN 10 Template}
FolderLocation {Office Domain, SysAdmin LAB}
TrendMicroScanDay {Day5, Day5}
CoresPerCPU {4, 8}
dns1 {10.10.10.4, 20.20.20.4}
EsxiHostName {es1esxi01p, es1esxi02p}
network {servers, data2}
Then with the first option running this for test
for($i = 0; $i -lt $vms.template.Length; $i++ )
{
$VCTemplate = $vms.template[$i];
$VMName2 = $vms.Name[$i];
}
PS C:\Users\me\Desktop> $VCTemplate
WIN 10 Template
I'm getting the second value, maybe I didn’t understand what you were saying
And with the second option, I was thinking what to use in the foreach ($something in $something_else)
but I ran this:
$vm3 = #()
$vm3 += new-object PSCustomObject -Property ([ordered] #{
Template = $vms.template
Name = $vms.name
EsxiHostName = $vms.EsxiHostName
datastore = $vms.datastore
network = $vms.network
FolderLocation = $vms.FolderLocation
vCPU = $vms.vCPU
CoresPerCPU = $vms.CoresPerCPU
Memory = $vms.Memory
IP = $vms.IP
SubnetMask = $vms.SubnetMask
gateway = $vms.gateway
DNS1 = $vms.DNS1
DNS2 = $vms.DNS2
Description = $vms.Description
TrendMicroScanDay = $vms.TrendMicroScanDay
})
foreach ($vm in $vm3)
{
write-host 'This is '$vm.template
}
And this was the result
PS C:\Users\me\Desktop> foreach ($vm in $vm3)
{
write-host 'This is '$vm.template
}
This is ESSQLTEMPLATE01 WIN 10 Template

Answer 1

In your code, $vms is a single hashtable object, and if you foreach() over a single object the loop will only run once. The fact that all of $vms's properties (e.g. $vms.template) are arrays doesn't make any difference to this.
If you really need to use a single hastable with properties that are parallel arrays, what you'll need to do is something like:
for($i = 0; $i -lt $vms.template.Length; $i++ )
{
$VCTemplate = $vms.template[$i];
$VMName = $vms.Name[$i];
... etc ...
... now do stuff with the $i'th vm ...
write-host $vmName;
}
but a better alternative would be to create $vms as an array of objects with #() (note round brackets not squiggly ones) - e.g.
$vms = #()
foreach( $something in $something_else )
{
$vms += new-object PSCustomObject -Property ([ordered] #{
Template = $something.template
Name = $something.name
... etc ...
})
}
and then you can iterate over $vms:
foreach ($vm in $vms)
{
write-host $vm.Name
}