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Which is faster foreach statement or foreach object?


Asked by Lennox Guerra on Dec 03, 2021 FAQ



The foreach statement is known to be a quicker alternative than using the ForEach-Object cmdlet. If foreach is a statement and can only be used in a single way, ForEach-Object is a cmdlet with parameters that can be employed in a lot of different ways. Like the foreach statement, the ForEach-Object cmdlet can iterate over a set of objects.
Besides,
Yes, there is a performance difference. foreach is faster than ForEach-Object, but requires more memory, because all items ( $folders) must be in memory. ForEach-Object processes one item at a time as they're passed through the pipeline, so it has a smaller memory footprint, but isn't as fast as foreach. See also.
In fact, ForEach – Object expects the items to be streamed via the pipeline, thus lowering the memory requirements, but at the same time, taking a performance hit. Forach will be always faster than Foreach-object but this doesn’t determine you don’t use foreach-object. It always depends upon the requirement of the work.
Keeping this in consideration,
By replacing scriptblock invocation via InvokeReturnAsIs () by a steppable pipeline, Foreach-Object and Where-Object can be just as fast as foreach loops. This is a good and pretty thorough investigation, thanks!
Indeed,
foreach is faster than ForEach-Object, but requires more memory, because all items ($folders) must be in memory. ForEach-Object processes one item at a time as they're passed through the pipeline, so it has a smaller memory footprint, but isn't as fast as foreach. See also.