In Powershell Why might a foreach-object loop not let you retrieve individual values from an array?

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Answer 1

You're not evaluating the array. By writing "$Names[0]" it is the equivalent of $Names + "[0]".

You need to nest the evaluation inside $(...).

Try this:

$Machinename | ForEach-Object  {Write-Output "$($Names[0])"}

That gives me:

john
john

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Equally, as pointed out in the comments, this works too:

$Machinename | ForEach-Object  {Write-Output $Names[0]}