Get-Member for object inspection in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to list all properties and methods of the object stored in $obj.

PowerShell

$obj | [1]

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AGet-Member

BSelect-Object

CFormat-Table

DGet-Content

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using Get-Content which reads file content, not object members.

Using Select-Object which selects properties but doesn't list all members.

The Get-Member cmdlet shows the properties and methods of an object in PowerShell.

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medium

Complete the code to show only the methods of the object $item.

PowerShell

$item | Get-Member -MemberType [1]

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AProperty

BMethod

CEvents

DAliasProperty

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using Property which shows data fields, not actions.

Using Events which shows event handlers, not methods.

The -MemberType Method option filters the output to show only methods.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly get the properties of $data.

PowerShell

$data | Get-Member -MemberType [1]

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Amethods

BProps

Cproperty

DProperty

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using plural forms like 'methods' or 'properties' which cause errors.

Using incorrect member type names like 'Props'.

The -MemberType parameter expects the exact member type name, which is Property with capital P and singular.

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hard

Fill both blanks to list only the properties of $record and display their names.

PowerShell

$record | Get-Member -MemberType [1] | Select-Object [2]

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AProperty

BMethod

CName

DValue

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Selecting 'Value' instead of 'Name' which does not exist in this context.

Filtering by 'Method' instead of 'Property'.

Use Property to filter member type and Name to select the property names.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to get methods of $obj that start with 'Get' and select their names.

PowerShell

$obj | Get-Member -MemberType [1] | Where-Object { $_.Name -like '[2]' } | Select-Object [3]

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AMethod

BGet*

CName

DProperty

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'Property' instead of 'Method' in the first blank.

Using incorrect wildcard patterns or missing quotes.

Selecting 'Property' instead of 'Name' in the last blank.

Filter for Method, then use Where-Object to find names starting with 'Get', and finally select the Name property.