How can you add text to a PowerShell table result? - powershell

Question

I'm trying to figure out how I can add some text such as MHz or GB to the results in the PowerShell table. Is it possible with a foreach loop?
Get-WmiObject Win32_PhysicalMmory |
Format-Table Banklabel, Manufacturer,
#{Label="Speed"; Expression={$_.ConfiguredClockSpeed}},
#{Label="Capacity"; Expression={[int64]($_.Capacity/1GB)}} -AutoSize
I have another way that comes close, but will not work with multiple results as it doesnt add the informtion into new rows.
$Disk = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk
$DiskSpace = [int64]($Disk.Size/1GB)
$FreeSpace = [INT64]($Disk.FreeSpace/1GB)
$UsedSpace = (($DiskSpace-$FreeSpace)/$DiskSpace).ToString("P0")
$OBJ = New-Object PSObject
$OBJ | Add-Member NoteProperty "ID" ($Disk.DeviceID)
$OBJ | Add-Member NoteProperty "Name" ($Disk.VolumeName)
$OBJ | Add-Member NoteProperty "Format" ($Disk.FileSystem)
$OBJ | Add-Member NoteProperty "Capacity" ("$DiskSpace-GB")
$OBJ | Add-Member NoteProperty "Free Space" ("$FreeSpace-GB")
$OBJ | Add-Member NoteProperty "Used" ($UsedSpace)
Write-Output $OBJ | Format-Table

Answer 1

You can use much more complex expression, see following example:
Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory | Format-Table Banklabel, Manufacturer, #{Label="Speed";`
Expression={$_.ConfiguredClockSpeed}}, #{Label="Capacity";`
Expression={([INT64]($_.Capacity/1GB)).ToString()+" GB"}} -autosize

Answer 2

use the concatenation for your requirement.
replace
Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory | Format-Table Banklabel, Manufacturer, #{Label="Speed";` Expression={$_.ConfiguredClockSpeed}}, #{Label="Capacity";` Expression={[INT64]($_.Capacity/1GB)}} -autosize
with this:
Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory | Format-Table Banklabel, Manufacturer, #{Label="Speed";` Expression={"$($_.ConfiguredClockSpeed) MHz"}}, #{Label="Capacity";` Expression={"$([INT64]($_.Capacity/1GB)) GB"}} -autosize
Hope it helps.

Answer 3

Because you're already using calculated properties it's easy to extend them. It depends what you try to achieve. I would recommend to place the unit into table header like this:
Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory |
Select-Object -Property Banklabel, Manufacturer, #{Name='Speed in MHz';Expression={$_.ConfiguredClockSpeed}}, #{Name='Capacity in GB'; Expression={[INT64]($_.Capacity/1GB)}}
If you really need it in the table you could do it like this:
Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory |
Select-Object -Property Banklabel, Manufacturer, #{Name='Speed';Expression={"{0} MHz" -f $_.ConfiguredClockSpeed}}, #{Name='Capacity in GB'; Expression={"{0} GB" -f [INT64]($_.Capacity/1GB)}}
But this way you loose the possibility to calculate with your results. It's just strings now.