Powershell- export a multiple line string to different rows in csv-CodePudding

I have a 2 string outputs that stored in variables like this. Need each line in string 2 to be stored in different rows of csv. String 1 $var1 89631 String 2 $var2

Tried to convert string 2 in to an array as I need to get them in different rows.

$Newvar2= $var2 -replace("`n",",")
$Var2Array=@($Newvar2)
$objresult= New-Object PSObject -Property @{"Id number"=$var1; "Orders"=$var2Array} | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation

But in the csv the string data data is getting stored in a single row, where as I need them in different rows. Also tried to Add-Content but it also stores the string in one single row.

$Var2array=($var2 -split '\r?\n').Trim()
Add-Content -path $filepath -value "'"$var1'",'"$var2array'""

Desired output (orders in different rows) csv file-

Id number,Orders
89631,0236593
      ,None
      ,66398553 
      ,996325
      ,None
      ,369318
      ,66935

Output I am getting (orders in one row) csv file-

Id number",Orders
89631,0236593
        None
        66398553 
        996325
        None
        369318
        66935

CodePudding user response：

If you want the $var1 to be the same on each row, you could do something like:

$var1 = 89631
$var2 = Get-Content "path to orders"

$var2 | Foreach-Object {
    New-Object PSObject -Property @{"Id number"=$var1; "Orders"=$_} | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Append
}

Output (CSV File):

"Id number","Orders"
"89631","0236593"
"89631","None"
"89631","66398553 "
"89631","996325"
"89631","None"
"89631","369318"
"89631","66935 "

CodePudding user response：

Here is one way you could do it, note the use of -split operator to convert the string stored in $var2 into an array.

$var1 = 89631
$var2 = @'
0236593
None
66398553
996325
None
369318
66935
'@

# convert the string into an array
$var2 = $var2 -split '\r?\n'

0..([math]::Max($var1.Count, $var2.Count) - 1) | ForEach-Object {
    [pscustomobject]@{
        'Id number' = $var1[$_]
        'Orders'    = $var2[$_]
    }
}

The output would become:

Id number Orders
--------- ------
    89631 0236593
          None
          66398553
          996325
          None
          369318
          66935

You can then pipe the result of the loop to Export-Csv to get the desired result.