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I have an object that holds numbers $names

name
123
456
789
012
...

I need to compose a title for an item in TFS like: My Title 123 456 789 012 ...

Add-VSTeamWorkItem -Title "My title $names" -Description "This is a description" -WorkItemType Task

If it will be run in a loop many work items will be created What is the right way to do it?

I managed to build the title. Now I need to build the description that contains in each line a title that I get from the TFS. I tried this but its not working because the object holds only one title

foreach ($patch in $patches)
{
    $title = (Get-VSTeamWorkItem -Id $patch.Patch).fields.'system.Title'
}

Is "My title $names" not working as expected?

Mathias R. Jessen
– Mathias R. Jessen

2022-03-02 18:58:06 +00:00
Commented Mar 2, 2022 at 18:58 — Mathias R. Jessen
– Mathias R. Jessen, Commented Mar 2, 2022 at 18:58

mklement0 · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-03 07:07:16Z

1

Your sample data suggests that $names contains an array of objects with a .name property, and that you want to space-concatenate these property values inside an expandable (double-quoted) string ("..."):

"My Title $($names.name)"

If, by contrast, the inclusion of column header name in your sample data is just a formatting artifact, the solution is simpler:

"My Title $names"

When PowerShell stringifies an array, it space-concatenates its stringified elements, so that "$(1, 2)" becomes verbatim 1 2, for instance.

edited Mar 3, 2022 at 7:07

answered Mar 2, 2022 at 23:51

mklement0

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