Edit example 5 "Property" parameter value to "NoteProperty."

[tommymaynard]

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5.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (preview)

Link to affected document

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/add-member#example-5-copy-all-properties-of-an-object-to-another

Description of the documentation error

Example 5 of Add-Member uses an incorrect parameter value for the MemberType parameter. Instead of Property it should be NoteProperty.

Suggested fix

In example 5, change the MemberType parameter value from Property to NoteProperty.

[sdwheeler]

@tommymaynard There is a lot of things wrong with Example 5. The MemberType of Property will work but you end up copying only those properties of that type to the target object. There are many more MemberTypes. Using the value Properties would be a better choice. The target object is just a simple object only containing the values of the source object and none of the methods or dynamic qualities. Depending on the intent of the copy that may be OK, but it is not very useful.

I think we should remove the example and fix the example numbering.