Updating hash table values in a 'foreach' loop in PowerShell

Question

I\'m trying to loop through a hash table and set the value of each key to 5 and PowerShell gives an error:

$myHash = @{}
$myHash[\"a\"] = 1
$myHash[\"b\"] =          


        

Answer 1

I'm new to PowerShell, but I'm quite a fan of using in-built functions, because I find it more readable. This is how I would tackle the problem, using GetEnumerator and Clone. This approach also allows one to reference to the existing hash values ($_.value) for modifying purposes.

$myHash = @{}
$myHash["a"] = 1 
$myHash["b"] = 2
$myHash["c"] = 3

$myHash.Clone().GetEnumerator() | foreach-object {$myHash.Set_Item($_.key, 5)}