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ConvertTo-Hashtable

SYNOPSIS

Creates a hashtable from a PSCustomObject

SYNTAX

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ConvertTo-Hashtable [-InputObject] <PSObject> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

The ConvertTo-Hashtable function creates a hashtable containing all members of type *Property from a PSCustomObject.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

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$myPSObject = [pscustomobject]@{property1="value1";property2="value2"}
$myPSObject | ConvertTo-Hashtable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
property1                      value1
property2                      value2

EXAMPLE 2

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$myPSObject = [pscustomobject]@{property1="value1";property2="value2"}
($myPSObject | ConvertTo-Hashtable).GetType()

IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType
-------- -------- ----                                     --------
True     True     Hashtable                                System.Object

PARAMETERS

-InputObject

Object to create a hashtable from

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Type: PSObject
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Object

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.

The ProgressAction parameter takes one of the ActionPreference enumeration values: SilentlyContinue, Stop, Continue, Inquire, Ignore, Suspend, or Break.

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Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

PSCustomObject

OUTPUTS

Hashtable

NOTES