Basically I have an array that looks something like
areaCodes = @ (
@("310", "LA"),
@("212", "NY"),
@("702", "LV")
)
I would like to have it so that for example if I have a variable $code = $212 Find if it is in the list, and if is, get the value associated with it.
Something like
if($areaCodes.contains($code))
{
WRITE-HOST $areaCodes[1]
}
and this would output NY
How do I do this in powershell? Or is there are more efficient way to do this?
You need to enumerate all arrays inside your array for this to work, for example:
($areaCodes | Where-Object { $_ -contains $code })[1] # => NY
Or using an actual loop:
foreach($array in $areaCodes) {
if($array -contains $code) {
$array[1]
break
}
}
But taking a step back, a hash table seems a lot more appropriate for your use case:
$code = 212
$areaCodes = @{
310 = "LA"
212 = "NY"
702 = "LV"
}
$areaCodes[$code] # => NY
