Show-WithoutEmptyProperty¶

SYNOPSIS¶

Show an object without its empty properties.

SYNTAX¶

Show-WithoutEmptyProperty [-Object] <Object> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION¶

This function shows the properties of an object with all of its empty properties filtered out.

EXAMPLES¶

EXAMPLE 1¶

Show-WithoutEmptyProperty -Object $Object

EXAMPLE 2¶

$Desk = [PSCustomObject]@{
    Model = 'PSDesk'
    Height = $null
    Width = $null
    Colors = @('Black', 'Gray')
    Adjustable = $true
}
$Object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $Desk
Show-WithoutEmptyProperty -Object $Object

This example creates an object from a hash table and then shows that object’s properties that have values.

EXAMPLE 3¶

Show-WithoutEmptyProperty -Object (Get-Item $HOME)

This example gets the home folder object while invoking the function.

EXAMPLE 4¶

$Object | Show-WithoutEmptyProperty

This example shows how an object can be piped to the function.

EXAMPLE 5¶

Get-ChildItem $HOME | Select-Object -First 1 | Show-WithoutEmptyProperty

This example gets the home folder object and pipes it to the Show-WithoutEmptyProperty function.

PARAMETERS¶

-Object¶

The object to show.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable, and -ProgressAction. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS¶

OUTPUTS¶

PSCustomObject¶

NOTES¶

I am grateful to Jeffrey Hicks for guiding me towards an understanding of how to complete this function and for providing even nicer code than I started with. I encourage you to reach out to him for PowerShell training and subscribe to his newsletter! 🙏

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