I am using RestAPI access to azure. I am getting a list of changesets for an build ID. I would like to sort the object type with increasing Changeset number.

The type I receive for $changeset.GetType():

IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType

True False PSCustomObject System.Object

This is the output $changeset

count value

50 {@{id=68.......

Therefore, I checked the type of value: $changeset.value.GetType()

IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType

True True Object[] System.Array

And afterwards I checked the type of an element:

$changeset.value[0].GetType():

IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType

True False PSCustomObject System.Object

I did try sort-object with ascending and descinding, but it does not change the order:

$changeset = $changeset | sort-object { $_.value.id } -desc

I would like to keep the structure as it is to not break something. There are lots of properties within the component. Hopefully, someone is more experienced with powershell and has an idea.

CodePudding user response：

Without an example working dataset, it's hard create an absolute working solution for your use case, however you could sort the data using the below:

$changeset | Select-Object -ExpandProperty value | Sort-Object -Property id

This would return all of the objects under the immediate property value and sorted on the property id.

CodePudding user response：

If you want to retain the object as a whole with its present structure:

$changeset.value = @($changeset.value | Sort-Object -Descending -Property Id)

That is:

• You must apply the Sort-Object call to the .value property, which contains the array of [pscustomobject] instances you want to sort by their .Id property values.

• Enclosing the command in @(...), the array-subexpression operator, ensures that the sort objects are treated as an array, even if situationally only one object may be present.

• Assigning the results back to $changeset.value replaces the original array with a new, sorted array.