Hashtables comparison (one has PSObjects the other doesnt)

[Wandarah60 Participant Topics: 1 Replies: 0 Points: 12Rank: Member]

Hello, I am using Pester with the Assert module. I am using the following code, which fails:

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# Get subnets of a Vnet $global:existing_subnets_of_vnet_01 = @( ((Get-AzVirtualNetwork -name data_vnet_01).subnets) | Select-Object -property Name ) # Compare against expected subnets of a Vnet $global:expected_subnets_of_vent_01 = “data_subnet_01", “data_subnet_02" # Then the comparison: Describe "Vnet/Subnet Config Tests" { It "Subnet AddressPrefix & under correct Vnet_01 Test" { Assert-Equivalent -Actual $existing_subnets_of_vnet_01 -Expected $expected_subnets_of_vent_01 #pass }

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# Get subnets of a Vnet $global:existing_subnets_of_vnet_01 = @(     ((Get-AzVirtualNetwork -name data_vnet_01).subnets) | Select-Object -property Name     ) # Compare against expected subnets of a Vnet $global:expected_subnets_of_vent_01 = “data_subnet_01", “data_subnet_02"   # Then the comparison: Describe "Vnet/Subnet Config Tests" {      It "Subnet AddressPrefix & under correct Vnet_01 Test" {      Assert-Equivalent -Actual $existing_subnets_of_vnet_01 -Expected $expected_subnets_of_vent_01 #pass         }

I know the issue is down to 1 of these arrays or hashtable (not sure which), has PSObjects and the other is a string based array. How do I make it so they are both string based so the comparison works?

My followup question is how do I know when an array is an array and an hashtable is a hastable? Can you have an hashtable with just keys with no values or does that automatically make it an array?

[kvprasoon Senior Moderator Topics: 9 Replies: 1373 Points: 5,061Rank: Community MVP]

Just define the variable like below. You have to expand the property get the string type of each.

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$global:existing_subnets_of_vnet_01 = (Get-AzVirtualNetwork -name data_vnet_01).subnets | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name

1	$global:existing_subnets_of_vnet_01 = (Get-AzVirtualNetwork -name data_vnet_01).subnets | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name

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