hashtable - Why the powershell convert my hash table into string block -

i have hashtable ($applications) looks that:

name                                                        version ----                                                        ------- adobe flash player 19 activex                               19.0.0.226 enterprise library 4.0 - may 2008                           4.0.0.0 entity framework designer visual studio 2012 - enu      11.1.21009.00 fiddler                                                     2.4.0.6 google chrome                                               49.0.2623.87 iis 8.0 express                                             8.0.1557

so i'm trying exclude applications list , i'm using:

[array]$excludeapps = "fiddler","chrome" foreach ($excludeapp in $excludeapps){     $applications = $applications -notlike "*$excludeapp*" } 

the result maybe filtered out exclude list not expected:

@{name=adobe flash player 19 activex; version=19.0.0.226} @{name=enterprise library 4.0 - may 2008; version=4.0.0.0} @{name=entity framework designer visual studio 2012 - enu; version=11.1.21009.00} @{name=iis 8.0 express; version=8.0.1557}

i tried handle values getenumerator() , several syntax of ${applications.name} nothing worked. believe powershell detect list string.

any idea how handle this?

use select-object -match/-notmatch operator.

i.e.:

$application = $application | ? { $_.name -notmatch "fiddler" -or $_.name -notmatch "chrome"} 

or in loop:

[array]$excludeapps = "fiddler","chrome" foreach ($excludeapp in $excludeapps){     $applications = $applications | ? {$_.name -notmatch $excludeapp } }