PowerShell += on foreach loop duplicates previously added data - excel

Question

So i have an excel file like this
Document Number, Qty, Price
1111-01,1,3.00
1112-00A,2,4.00
And what I am doing is importing it into powershell, the going line by line.
If the quantity is ever greater than 1, I have to duplicate that line that many times whlie changing the quantity to 1 each time and updateing the document number so its unique on each line. I am then adding to an array so i can at the very end export as an excel file.
$report = Import-Excel "pathToFile.xlsx"
$report2 = #()
foreach($line in $report){
$report2+=$line.PSObject.Copy()
}
$template = #()
foreach($line in $report2)
...
some irrelevant code
...
if($line.Qty -gt 1){
$line2 = $line.PSObject.Copy()
$ogInvoice = $line2.'Document Number'.Split("-")[0]
$invoiceAfter = $line2.'Document Number'.Split("-")[1]
if($invoiceAfter -match "^*[A-Z]$"){
$letter = $invoiceAfter.Substring($invoiceAfter.Length-1,1)
}else{
$letter = ""
}
$qty = $line2.Qty
$line2.Qty = 1
$counterQty = 0
while($counterQty -lt $qty){
$invoiceLastTwoNumber = [int]('{0:d2}' -f[int] $invoiceAfter.Substring(0,2)) + $counter
$line2.'Document Number' = (-join($ogInvoice,"-",$invoiceLastTwoNumber.ToString(),$letter))
$counter = $counter + 1
$template+=$line2
$counterQty = $counterQty + 1
}
}
The problem is that after checking the progress, the first time i add the line, the document number is 1112-50A like it should be, then the next time I add the line into $template, the document number is 1112-51A but it updates the previously added line.
So i get
1111-01,1,3.00
1112-51A,1,4.00
1112-51A,1,4.00
Instead of what i want which is:
1111-01,1,3.00
1112-50A,1,4.00
1112-51A,1,4.00
NOTE: the extra coding like PSObject.Copy is other stuff i found online because apparently iterating over the $report is more like a pointer.

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, you're looking to repeat the current object as many times as .Qty only if .Qty is greater than 1 and in addition, update the property Value to 1.
In addition, seems like you're looking to increment the last digits of the property values of Document Number.
Leaving aside the extra code you are currently showing us and focusing only on the question being asked, this is how you could accomplish it, using $csv as an example of your source data.
$csv = #'
Document Number,Qty,Price
1111-01,1,3.00
1112-00A,2,4.00
1113-15A,4,5.00
'# | ConvertFrom-Csv
$re = [regex] '(\d+)(?=[A-Z]$)'
$output = foreach($line in $csv) {
if($line.Qty -gt 1) {
$loopCount = $line.Qty
$line.Qty = 1
for($i = 0; $i -lt $loopCount; $i++) {
$newLine = $line.PSObject.Copy()
$docNumber = $newLine.'Document Number'
$newLine.'Document Number' = $re.Replace($docNumber, {
param($s)
($i + $s.Groups[1].Value).ToString('D2')
})
$newLine
}
continue
}
$line
}
The expected output from the example $csv would be:
Document Number Qty Price
--------------- --- -----
1111-01 1 3.00
1112-00A 1 4.00
1112-01A 1 4.00
1113-15A 1 5.00
1113-16A 1 5.00
1113-17A 1 5.00
1113-18A 1 5.00