Expand array properties and add single quote

March 27, 2024

I’m working with Azure AD and I have imported a CSV file with some group name in it and I want to add single quote to the name properties of these group to query Azure AD but I can’t seem to find any answer to my problem.

myfile.csv content:

name
Group Mémos - 1
Group Mémos - 2

I then need to add single quote to the item for when I query Azure AD

$group = import-csv c:\temp\myfile.csv

foraech ($item in $group)
{
Get-AzureADGroup -Filter "DisplayName eq $("'$item.name'")" | select ObjectId
}

My problem is the content of $item is this:
‘@{Name=Group Mémos – 1}.name’

but what I need is this:
‘Group Mémos – 1’

How can I expand the name properties and add single quote to it?

I made a workaround by inserting the name property into another variable but I’m sure there is a way to do it that I don’t understand…

$item2 = $item.Name
Get-AzureADGroup -Filter "DisplayName eq $("'$item2'")" | select ObjectId

>Solution :

You have misplaced the $( ) subexpression operator:

$group = Import-Csv c:\temp\myfile.csv
foreach ($item in $group) {
    Get-AzureADGroup -Filter "DisplayName eq '$($item.name)'" | Select-Object ObjectId
}