Changing powershell pipeline type to hashtable (or any other enumerable type)

Question 1

I like to write a cmdlet “Convert-ToHashTable” which performs following task:

$HashTable = Import-Csv Table.csv | Convert-ToHashTable

1 2	$HashTable = Import-Csv Table.csv \| Convert-ToHashTable

Import-csv places an array on the pipeline, how can i change it to a hashtable in my Convert-ToHashTable cmdlet? In the Process part of the cmdlet i can access the elements, but i don’t know how to change the type of the pipeline itself

Process
{
Write-Verbose “Process $($myinvocation.mycommand)”
$CurrentInput = $_
…
}

Is there a way to return a complete hashtable as the new pipeline or create a new pipeline with type hashtable?

Question 2

What do you plan to use as keys for hashtable? other than that, it should be pretty easy to do even with simple foreach-object:

Import-Csv Table.csv | Foreach-Object -begin {
    $Out = @{}
} -process {
    $Out.Add('Thing you want to use as key',$_)
} -end {
    $Out
}

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Import-Csv Table.csv | Foreach-Object -begin {

$Out = @{}

} -process {

$Out.Add('Thing you want to use as key',$_)

} -end {

$Out

}

Don’t see need for any “change pipeline type” magic, honestly…?

Changing powershell pipeline type to hashtable (or any other enumerable type)

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