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IndexOf does not return the first value of an array!?
I'm tearing my hair out to find out why my code is not returning the first element of an array and thus created this sample code to test what I was seeing and found that the same thing happens.
In the sample code, the first element in the array has the minimal value of all array elements, so finding the minimal value of the array using Measure-Object should give me index #0 right? Nope, it gives me "-1" aka Not Found. But why??
# Example array
$containers =@(100, 200, 300, 400, 500)
# Find the minimum value
$minValue = ($containers | Measure-Object -Minimum).Minimum
# Find the index of the minimum value
$minContainerIndex = $containers.IndexOf($minValue)
Write-Host "Minimum Value: $minValue"
Write-Host "Index of Minimum Value: $minContainerIndex"
Stepping thru the code I can see:
Execute: $minValue = ($containers | Measure-Object -Minimum).Minimum
Returned value: 100
Logic: As expected.
Execute: $minContainerIndex = $containers.IndexOf($minValue)
Returned value: -1
Logic: No, No, NO!
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
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I figured it out. The variables have different types so IndexOf will never find the value in the array:
$minValue | Get-Member TypeName: System.Double 100 | Get-Member TypeName: System.Int32
The solution is to convert the lookup value from a Double to Integer:
[int]$minValue = ($containers | Measure-Object -Minimum).Minimum # or $minValue = ($containers | Measure-Object -Minimum).Minimum -as [int]Tested and works gr8!
I figured it out. The variables have different types so IndexOf will never find the value in the array:
$minValue | Get-Member TypeName: System.Double 100 | Get-Member TypeName: System.Int32
The solution is to convert the lookup value from a Double to Integer:
[int]$minValue = ($containers | Measure-Object -Minimum).Minimum # or $minValue = ($containers | Measure-Object -Minimum).Minimum -as [int]Tested and works gr8!
