PowerShell: Array Sub-Expression Operator, Collection to Array

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Array Sub-Expression Operator

Array can be created by the Array Sub-Expression Operator. It has the syntax

@(args)

it forces the result to be an array.

$x = @(3, 4, 5)
# comma optional if in multi line
$x = @(
3
4
5);

Create a Empty Array

# create a empty array
$x = @();
$x.length

Convert Collection to Array

It is often used to turn a collection into an Array.

@(command)

# turn dir result into an array, and use array method length to get count
@(dir).length