Set quoting... by Ben Kent

Set quoting [OT]

By: Ben Kent
Date: Jan 12,2023 at 09:17
In Response to: [OT] Example BAT script (Slobodan Vujnovic)

> If you can't wrap your mind around nested FOR loops, this can
> get you started. By the way, I've never seen such use of double
> quotes in the SET command.
>

Slobodan

When I first saw the [set "var=%1"] syntax at work some years ago, I thought it was an error. So I did some investigating and it's valid syntax. So now I know of that syntax I use it in new scripts.

Notes

This puts quotes in the environment variable, which can make using the value difficult if you need to combine strings
Set var="%1"

So sometimes you have to do things like this, to get rid of the spare quotes
dir "c:\SomeDir\%var:"=%"

This sets the value without the quotes, which can make using the value easier
Set "var=%1"

The usage is simpler
dir "c:\SomeDir\%var%"

Ben

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