Question

for example, if i run the code below, $ProgramName is a string not a array which i want. How can i take the value of $cncprograms and add it to $ProgramName retaining the array type?

$ProgramName =@()
$ProgramName = JOHN 
$cncPrograms = DOH 
$ProgramName += $cncPrograms

Answer 1

this is what you need:

$ProgramName =@()
$ProgramName += "JOHN" 
$cncPrograms = "DOH" 
$ProgramName += $cncPrograms
$programname 

JOHN
DOH

in your code you are re-assign a string value to the variable:

$ProgramName = "JOHN" # now the variable is of type string (no more an [object[]] object array)

that’s way $ProgramName += $cncPrograms give a result of “JOHNDOH”