Custom objects (PSCustomObject) in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a custom object with a Name property set to 'Alice'.

PowerShell

$person = [PSCustomObject]@{ Name = [1] }

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AName

BAlice

C"Alice"

D'Alice'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the string value.

Using the property name instead of the value.

The Name property value must be a string, so it needs quotes like 'Alice'.

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medium

Complete the code to add an Age property with value 30 to the custom object.

PowerShell

$person = [PSCustomObject]@{ Name = 'Bob'; Age = [1] }

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A'30'

B30

C"30"

DAge

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Putting numbers inside quotes making them strings.

Using the property name instead of the value.

Age is a number, so it should be written without quotes as 30.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly create a custom object with City property 'Seattle'.

PowerShell

$location = [PSCustomObject]@{ City = [1] }

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ASeattle

BCity

C'Seattle'

D"Seattle"

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Leaving the string without quotes causing an error.

Using the property name instead of the value.

String values must be enclosed in quotes, so 'Seattle' is correct.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a custom object with properties Name and Score set to 'Eve' and 95.

PowerShell

$result = [PSCustomObject]@{ Name = [1]; Score = [2] }

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A'Eve'

B95

C"Eve"

DScore

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Putting numbers inside quotes.

Using property names instead of values.

Name needs a quoted string 'Eve', Score needs the number 95 without quotes.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a custom object with properties FirstName, LastName, and Age set to 'John', 'Doe', and 40.

PowerShell

$person = [PSCustomObject]@{ FirstName = [1]; LastName = [2]; Age = [3] }

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A'John'

B'Doe'

C40

D"John"

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using double quotes inconsistently.

Putting numbers inside quotes.

Using property names instead of values.

FirstName and LastName are strings needing quotes, Age is a number without quotes.