create a newline in a array-string using powershell

Question

i'm trying to create a newline in a string to get a formated output of an array. the code:

$arr = @(
[PSCustomObject]@{Name = "David";  Article = "TShirt"; Size = "S"}
[PSCustomObject]@{Name = "Eduard"; Article = "extra laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarge" + "`r`n" + "TShirt"; Size = "XXL"}
[PSCustomObject]@{Name = "John";  Article = "TShirt"; Size = "M"}
)

$arr

i expected this output:

Name   Article                         Size
----   -------                         ----
David  TShirt                          S   
Eduard extra laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarge      XXL
       TShirt
David  TShirt                          M

but i get this:

Name   Article                            Size
----   -------                            ----
David  TShirt                             S   
Eduard extra laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarge...      XXL 
David  TShirt                             M  

what is the trick?

Answer 1

The output is the default PowerShell way of truncating long lines in table format.

You can see the code does what you expect if you change the last line into

$arr | Format-Table -Wrap

Output on console:

Name   Article                            Size
----   -------                            ----
David  TShirt                             S   
Eduard extra laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarge         XXL 
       TShirt                                 
John   TShirt                             M