Powershell Forloop with custom header - powershell

Question

Desired output:
Server Data1 Data2
------ ----- -----
Server1 Stuff1 Thing1
Server2 Stuff2 Thing2
Server3 Stuff3 Thing3
Question:
I have 3-4 different variables that I want in a custom table view with a custom header. The problem is that I use a ForEach and I'm not sure how to get it into a table view. Right now the best I can do is Write-Host "$server $stuff $thing" and that puts each one in a row. I tried to some magic with #{Expression={$_.Name};Label="Name" but did not get anywhere.
The main point is that I have 3 vars at the end of the day and I need to get it into a custom table view.
$data = #("Server1", "Server2", "Server3")
while($true) {
cls
"`r"
ForEach ($server in $data) {
if (Test-Connection $server -count 1 -quiet) {
net use r: \\$server\s$\Folder /user:server\administrator password >$null
r:
$inputcount = (dir input -Recurse | Measure-Object).Count
$forwardcount = (dir forward -Recurse | Measure-Object).Count
$forwardcount = ($forwardcount-2)
if($fowardcount -lt 0) {
$forwardcount = 0
}
if($inputcount -gt 0 -or $forwardcount -gt 0) {
if($inputcount -gt 5000 -or $forwardcount -gt 200) {
$sleepless = "1"
}
Write-Host "$server" -ForegroundColor Red -NoNewline
Write-Host ": " -NoNewline
Write-Host "$inputcount" -ForegroundColor Red -NoNewline
Write-Host " - " -NoNewline
Write-Host "$forwardcount" -ForegroundColor Red
$inputcount = ""
c: >$null
net use r: /Delete >$null
} else {
Write-Host "$server" -NoNewline
Write-Host ": " -NoNewline
Write-Host "$inputcount" -NoNewline
Write-Host " - " -NoNewline
Write-Host "$forwardcount"
$inputcount = ""
c: >$null
net use r: /Delete >$null
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

Use a collection of custom objects:
"Server1", "Server2", "Server3" | ForEach-Object {
# NB: Test-Connection "host" -Count 1 sometimes fails on an online host
if(Test-Connection $_ -Quiet -Count 2 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
$status = "online"
} else {
$status = "offline"
}
# PowerShell v3+
[PSCustomObject]#{
Server = $_
Status = $status
Count = 20
What = "ever"
}
# PowerShell v2
$item = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
$item | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Server -Value $_
$item | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Status -Value $status
$item | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Count -Value 20
$item | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name What -Value "ever"
$item
}
Returns:
Server Status Count What
------ ------ ----- ----
Server1 offline 20 ever
Server1 offline 20 ever
Server2 offline 20 ever
Server2 offline 20 ever
Server3 offline 20 ever
Server3 offline 20 ever

Answer 2

This is the general format I would use. The foreach is completely incorrect as I don't know how you're going from one row of data to the next; whatever it is, loop over that.
Bare in mind this is destructive; += deletes the previous array and creates a new one. However it tends to be my goto when dealing with small data sets because of simplicity and readability.
foreach ($line in $lines) {
[array]$tableVariable += New-Object PSObject -Property #{
Server = $server
Data1 = $stuff
Data3 = $thing
}
}