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Creating a variable in PowerShell with complex value

jansi rani krishnan 601 Reputation points
Jun 15, 2021, 7:33 PM

Hi Experts,

I would like to create a variable in PowerShell with value as below.

![105951-image.png][1]

Is it possible to create a variable which holds the value as below in PowerShell? Please suggests. If yes, Please show the syntax.
![105952-image.png][2]

Regards,
Jansi

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 119.5K Reputation points MVP
    Jun 15, 2021, 7:47 PM

    Hi @jansi rani krishnan ,

    could you please post the code as code and not as a screenshot.
    It's really time consuming to write all the stuff from the screenshot. Copy&Paste is much easier.
    Please try this: 

     $a = '"RunbookId":"11212313",  
 "Parameters":"<Data><Parameter><Name>Urgency</Name><ID>{121242342342}</ID><Value>High</Value></Parameter></Data>"'

    (If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

    Regards
    Andreas Baumgarten

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  1. Michael Taylor 58,126 Reputation points
    Jun 15, 2021, 7:55 PM

    Yes. Depends on what you intend to do with it though as to how you do it. In most cases just use a hashtable in PS. 

    $JSONBody = @{ RunbookId = '1234'; Parameters = '<xml></xml>' }   
$JSONBody | Get-Member

    However if you are really working with JSON then PS supports conversion to and from already. Normally you get JSON as a string from some API. PS can convert that string to a PS object. 

    # From some API
$json = '{ "RunbookId": "1234", "Parameters": "<xml></xml>" }'
$data = ConvertFrom-Json $json   
$data | Get-Member
  2. Ian Xue-MSFT 41,616 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    Jun 16, 2021, 4:25 AM

    Hi，

    Please post your code using the Ctrl-K tool. You can try the ConvertFrom-Json cmdlet to convert the JSON string to a variable. 

    $JsonBody='  
{  
"ID": "e8d-a0c",  
"Parameter": "<Data><Name>{226-91c}</Name></Data>"  
}'  
$var = $JsonBody | ConvertFrom-Json

    Best Regards,
    Ian Xue

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