Cloning Array variables in Powershell - It seems to retain a link

Asked Mar 14 '17 at 10:15

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I've been noticing some behaviour in PowerShell that I wasn't expecting. If I want to create a copy of an array, and change the values in the copy, the values of the original get update as well. Why is this? For example:

[array]$myVar1 = @("OldText");
$myVar2 = $myVar1;
$myVar2[0] = "newText"

Write-Output "MyVar1: $myVar1"
Write-Output "MyVar2: $myVar2"

I was expecting MyVar1 to be "OldText" and MyVar2 to be "NewText." But they are now both "NewText"

asked Mar 14 '17 at 10:15

ScubaManDan

[PowerShell copy an array completely](//stackoverflow.com/a/29699129) – wOxxOm Mar 14 '17 at 10:52
Thanks. I need to level up my googling skills. – ScubaManDan Mar 14 '17 at 11:18

Cloning Array variables in Powershell - It seems to retain a link

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