converting a System.Object to a string

Question

Need help on the following powershell script which I'm trying to implement. I want to extract the Zoom attributes but trim the output so only see the relevant information.

PS H:\> $Zoom_Objects = get-wmiobject -n "root/zoom/vdi" -Class PluginInfo | Select-Object PSComputerName, IsConnectionOptimized, InstalledVersion
PS H:\> Write-output $Zoom_Objects
PSComputerName IsConnectionOptimized InstalledVersion ;Want to Strip this from the output

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--------------------- ---------------- ;Want to Strip this from the output
PSCIT-21H2-003 1 5.10.0 (21068) ;This is the only line I'm interested in.

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PS H:\> $Zoom_Objects.GetType()
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType

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True False PSCustomObject System.Object

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I want to perform character manipulation so trying to get the following working but receive the following method error. Haven't had any luck converting the system object to a string if that is what is needed.

PS H:\> $Zoom_Objects.substring(5, 20)
Method invocation failed because [Selected.System.Management.ManagementObject] does not contain a method named
'substring'.
At line:1 char:1

• $Zoom_Objects.substring(5, 20)
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (substring:String) [], RuntimeException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Thank in advance for any help or guidance that can be provided.

Answer 1

If you prefer in csv format:
$Zoom_Objects | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | Select-Object -Skip 1

or you can also use formatted text as below as well:
"{0} {1} {2}" -f $Zoom_Objects.PSComputerName, $Zoom_Objects.IsConnectionOptimized, $Zoom_Objects.InstalledVersion

If you still want to manipulate some of the attributes:

"{0} {1} {2}" -f $Zoom_Objects.PSComputerName.substring(2,5), $Zoom_Objects.IsConnectionOptimized, $Zoom_Objects.InstalledVersion  
  

or, inline string format as below:

"ComputerName: $($Zoom_Objects.PSComputerName) ConOptimized: $($Zoom_Objects.IsConnectionOptimized) Version: $($Zoom_Objects.InstalledVersion)"

Answer 2

Thank you. This was exactly what was needed.

$Zoom_Objects | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | Select-Object -Skip 1