Monthly Archives: April 2013

Hashtables: Item has already been added

In my previous two posts about hashtables I provided examples for creating a hashtable, returning a specific value and a description around performance. This post will focus on the errors you should expect if you start using a hashtable. The … Continue reading

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Hashtables: Adding, Updating and Removing Items

To help describe these concepts, I have listed a few examples based on a CSV file containing HTML color codes. For purposes of sample data, create an array object of colors and HTML color codes. [cc lang=”powershell”]$colorCodes = Import-Csv ColorCodes.csv[/cc] … Continue reading

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Hashtables: Performance

In the previous post I provided a quick introduction to creating and using a hashtable object. If you are paying attention, you might have asked “Why would I go to extra work to create a hashtable when I can make … Continue reading

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Hashtables: Introduction

I was recently working on a script for a co-worker who is trying to learn more powershell. In the script I had used a couple of hashtables to store information…which caused a couple of questions as he was reviewing the … Continue reading

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