Powershell Splitting an array of user objects into two arrays based on property

Question

I'm trying to split up an array of user objects retrieved via $users = Get-QADUser -searchroot 'domain.net/OU1/OU2/Users' into two arrays based on their 'AccountIsExpired'-property.

I can do $users = $users | where {!($_.AccountIsExpired)} but that only gives me one part of my users. However, this does filter out some user objects.

I build this code to split $users into two arrays ($include, $exclude):

[Object[]]$include = @();
[Object[]]$exclude = @();
foreach ($user in $users) {
    if (!($_.AccountIsExpired)) {
        $include += $user;
    } else {
        $exclude += $user;
    }
}
$users = $include;

Apart from the creation of a second array, I don't see the difference between those two bits of code...

Okay, looking at your code in a browser window sometimes is all you need to resolve your issue -.- Here's the code that works: [Object[]]$include = @(); [Object[]]$exclude = @(); foreach ($user in $users) { if (!($user.AccountIsExpired)) { # copied $_ from the where filter before... $include += $user; } else { $exclude += $user; } } $users = $include; $exclude; — Neffets
– Neffets, Commented Nov 15, 2011 at 20:47

Mike Shepard · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-15 21:20:18Z

7

What about using group-object?

Something like $groups=$users | group-object AccountIsExpired

answered Nov 15, 2011 at 21:20

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Neffets Over a year ago

Yes! That looks very good, just tried it on the command line and should work in my script, too... Will try it later.

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