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Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: June 1, 2005 at 15:43:56 Pacific
OS: Dos 7.10
CPU/Ram: P133 48mb

Comment:

Where can I find a listing for the symbols which appear in .bat files e.g. if !%2==!p goto printit. What does the exclaim do please? V...

Name: hiho
Date: June 1, 2005 at 21:44:01 Pacific

Reply:

http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm

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Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: June 1, 2005 at 22:50:48 Pacific

Reply:

Hi Valerie, In a BAT the == does a test for equality. If the variable or parameter is NUL [not set] then a test like this will give an error: if %1==A do blabla So, many people will use something like this: if %1'==A' do blabla The choice of a character is arbitrary, but avoid special meaning chars like % ? * / \ Most folks use: ~ ! ' " HTH

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Name: Valerie (by Garibaldi)
Date: June 2, 2005 at 18:04:13 Pacific

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Thanks guys. V...

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