Unable to create two-way table in excel from powershell - excel

Question

I want to create two way table in excel by exporting object from powershell. I am able to create a table in powershell.
The code as shown below:
class sampleClass {
[String] $var1
[String] $var2
[Bool] $boolVar
sampleClass([String] $var1, [String] $var2, [Bool] $boolVar)
{
$this.var1 = $var1
$this.var2 = $var2
$this.boolVar = $boolVar
}
[String] ToString()
{
return $this.var1 + ": " + $this.var2 + ": " + $this.boolVar
}
}
$s1 = [sampleClass]::new("Comp1", "S1", $false)
$s2 = [sampleClass]::new("Comp2", "S2", $true)
$s3 = [sampleClass]::new("Comp1", "S2", $false)
$s4 = [sampleClass]::new("Comp2", "S1", $false)
$s = #()
$s += $s1
$s += $s2
$s += $s3
$s += $s4
$s | Export-Csv .\out.csv -NoTypeInformation
The output for above code is as shown below:
But the output that I want is not that, but as shown below:
Kindly help.

Answer 1

This code may be your best bet:
function Transpose-Object
{ [CmdletBinding()]
Param([OBJECT][Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $TRUE)]$InputObject)
BEGIN
{ # initialize variables just to be "clean"
$Props = #()
$PropNames = #()
$InstanceNames = #()
}
PROCESS
{
if ($Props.Length -eq 0)
{ # when first object in pipeline arrives retrieve its property names
$PropNames = $InputObject.PSObject.Properties | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
# and create a PSCustomobject in an array for each property
$InputObject.PSObject.Properties | %{ $Props += New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property #{Property = $_.Name} }
}
if ($InputObject.Name)
{ # does object have a "Name" property?
$Property = $InputObject.Name
} else { # no, take object itself as property name
$Property = $InputObject | Out-String
}
if ($InstanceNames -contains $Property)
{ # does multiple occurence of name exist?
$COUNTER = 0
do { # yes, append a number in brackets to name
$COUNTER++
$Property = "$($InputObject.Name) ({0})" -f $COUNTER
} while ($InstanceNames -contains $Property)
}
# add current name to name list for next name check
$InstanceNames += $Property
# retrieve property values and add them to the property's PSCustomobject
$COUNTER = 0
$PropNames | %{
if ($InputObject.($_))
{ # property exists for current object
$Props[$COUNTER] | Add-Member -Name $Property -Type NoteProperty -Value $InputObject.($_)
} else { # property does not exist for current object, add $NULL value
$Props[$COUNTER] | Add-Member -Name $Property -Type NoteProperty -Value $NULL
}
$COUNTER++
}
}
END
{
# return collection of PSCustomobjects with property values
$Props
}
}
It will allow you to turn you columns into rows and then export the object. Use like this:
$s | Transpose-Object | Export-Csv .\out.csv -NoTypeInformation