Powershell: Where can I find properties and methods of an array?

[Liturgist]

Using GetType() on an array reports that it is an Object[] with a Base Type of System.Array.
However, using Get-Member on an array gives the members for the objects stored in the array and not of an array object.

What can I use to see the properties and methods available on an array which would include Count and Length properties?

This does not appear to be the same for a hash collection. Using Get-Member on a hash on a System.Collections.Hashtable returns the properties and methods of a hash, not the contents of the hash.

$a = @(1,2)
$a
Write-Host '=== Array is created'
$a.GetType()
$a | Get-Member | Format-Table
Write-Host '=== Second element of array'
$a[1]
$a[1].GetType()
$a[1] | Get-Member | Format-Table

[ealexjordan]

I think what you are looking for is
Get-Member -InputObject $a

To retrieve the content of a hashtable I would recommend taking a look at the following information: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692803.aspx

I would also recommend taking a look at the gitter channel on the front page of this repo for help with Powershell usage.

[ealexjordan]

Closing as resolved. Please let me know if there is more to this issue that needs to be reopened.