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How to use Powershell Where-Object like an IN statement


I have the following code which works:

foreach ($db in $svr.Databases | 
         where-object {
         $_.name -eq "testDB" 
         -or $_.name -eq "master"
         -or $_.name -eq "model"
         -or $_.name -eq "msdb" } )
{
  write-output $db.name
}

Is a cleaner way to do this?

Something like:

foreach ($db in $svr.Databases | 
         where-object {$_.name -in "testDB, master, model, msdb" } )    
{
  write-output $db.name
}

Solution

  • Use the -contains operator. Like:

    $dbs = "testDB", "master", "model", "msdb"
    
    foreach ($db in ($svr.Databases | where-object {$dbs -contains $_.name  } )) {
        write-output $db.name
    }
    

    Use help about_Comparison_Operators to learn more about this and other comparison operators.

    Update:

    PowerShell v3 has added the -in operator. The example in the original question will work in v3.