Public/Objects/Merge-Array.ps1
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function Merge-Array { <# .SYNOPSIS Merge-Array allows to merge two or more arrays together. .DESCRIPTION Merge-Array allows to merge two or more arrays together. It copies headers from each Array and merges them together allowing for fulll output. When used with Prescan parameter it actually is able to show headers from all arrays .PARAMETER Array List of Arrays to process .PARAMETER Prescan Scans each element of each array for headers. .EXAMPLE $Array1 = @( [PSCustomObject] @{ Name = 'Company1'; Count = 259 } [PSCustomObject] @{ Name = 'Company2'; Count = 300 } ) $Array2 = @( [PSCustomObject] @{ Name = 'Company1'; Count = 25 } [PSCustomObject] @{ Name = 'Company2'; Count = 100 } ) $Array3 = @( [PSCustomObject] @{ Name1 = 'Company1'; Count3 = 25 } [PSCustomObject] @{ Name1 = 'Company2'; Count3 = 100 } [PSCustomObject] @{ Name2 = 'Company2'; Count3 = 100 } ) $Array1 | Format-Table -AutoSize $Array2 | Format-Table -AutoSize $Array3 | Format-Table -AutoSize Merge-Array -Array $Array1, $Array2, $Array3 | Format-Table -AutoSize Merge-Array -Array $Array1, $Array2, $Array3 -Prescan | Format-Table -AutoSize .NOTES General notes #> param( [Array[]] $Array, [switch] $Prescan ) $PropertyNames = foreach ($A in $Array) { if ($Prescan) { foreach ($O in $A) { $O.PSObject.Properties.Name } } else { $A[0].PSObject.Properties.Name } } $PropertyNames = $PropertyNames | Sort-Object -Unique foreach ($A in $Array) { $A | Select-Object -Property $PropertyNames } } |