Merging hashtables in PowerShell: how?

Question

I am trying to merge two hashtables, overwriting key-value pairs in the first if the same key exists in the second.

To do this I wrote this function which first remo

Answer 1

I just wanted to expand or simplify on jon Z's answer. There just seems to be too many lines and missed opportunities to use Where-Object. Here is my simplified version:

Function merge_hashtables($htold, $htnew) {
    $htold.Keys | ? { $htnew.ContainsKey($_) } | % {
        $htold.Remove($_)
    }
    $htold += $htnew
    return $htold
}