Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Arguments as an array

Arguments for constructors can be passed in as an array. Each of the following may be used to create an instance of a StringBuilder object:

$params = @{    TypeName     = 'System.Text.StringBuilder'    ArgumentList = 'Initial value', 50}$stringBuilder = New-Object @params$stringBuilder = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder($argumentList)

Attempting to pass in a list of arguments using the new method will produce a different result; the initial string will be filled with both values:

PS> $argumentList = 'Initial value', 50PS> $stringBuilder = [System.Text.StringBuilder]::new($argumentList)PS> Write-Host $stringBuilder.ToString() -ForegroundColor GreenPS> $stringBuilderInitial value 50Capacity MaxCapacity Length-------- ----------- ...