How can you compare two variables in dos?

For example:

set test=c:\folder
set example=c:\folder

if %test% == "%example%" goto samepath

<noob I know.

Thanks for help

if "%test%"=="%example%" goto samepath

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M2

It works with the example I provided above but for what I'm trying to do it won't.

I have the user input data into two variables and I want to compare those two variables to see if they are the same.

SET /p folder1="Set path for folder 1"
echo %folder1% > folder1.txt

SET /p folder2="Set path for folder 2"
echo %folder2% > folder2.txt

if "%folder1%"=="%folder2" goto samepath

then the program just completely skips that if statement even when I make the paths the same.

Thanks for the help Mechanix!

nevermind, forgot the % lol

You might want to change the comparison to

if "x%test%"=="x%example%" goto samepath

I don't know which OS it is but on one of them ""=="" doesn't work.

Windows VISTA thought this was a **-DOS Forum ??