Emitting Objects verses Outputting Text to the Screen

posted by  mvrok (14)  8 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

Let's face it, PowerShell does a bunch of magic for you. If we've done our job right, this magic is exactly what you want 99 out of a 100 times. That said, if you are a power user, then at some point you'll encounter that 100th case and you'll need to understand the magic so you can get PowerShell to do exactly what you want. The good news is that our "magic" is pretty thoughtful and you can always get exactly what you want (usually with very little effort).

The biggest source of magic is the formatting and outputting. You write a function which just emits an object an