Powershell get variable name

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PowerShell Get Variable Name

PowerShell provides the Get-Variable cmdlet to retrieve information about all the variables defined within a session or a specific scope. The cmdlet returns a collection of variable objects containing details like the variable name, value, scope, etc.

Here is an example of using the Get-Variable cmdlet:

$variable = "Hello, World!"
$number = 42

# Retrieve all variables in the current session
$allVariables = Get-Variable

# Loop through the variable collection and display details
foreach ($var in $allVariables) {
    "Name: $($var.Name)"
    "Value: $($var.Value)"
    "Scope: $($var.Scope)"
    "Description: $($var.Description)"
    "Is Constant: $($var.IsConstant)"
    "Is Private: $($var.Private)"
    "-----"
}

This example creates two variables, ‘$variable’ and ‘$number’, with different types of values. The Get-Variable cmdlet is then used to retrieve all the variables in the current session and store them in the ‘$allVariables’ variable. The foreach loop iterates over each variable object and displays its name, value, scope, description, and other properties.

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