I don't if this is correct. Usually, they have powershell2. Just give this a little try.
$a = @()
$strArrayNum=""
for($i=0; $i -lt $arraylist.length; $i++ ){
$strArrayNum += $element
$strArrayNum = $i+1 -eq $arraylist.length ? "" : ","
}
$a = $strArrayNum.Split(",")