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if then statements
Name: Chris Date: January 23, 2002 at 10:11:36 Pacific
Comment:
I would like to write a statement like below but I don't know the proper syntax. I want the output so that if a variable equals a certain value then a value is inputted for another variable.
If %5=yes maybe then %6=finished If %5=no then %6=try again
Name: pyr8 Date: January 24, 2002 at 03:17:13 Pacific
Reply:
if %5 = yes ( this assumes that the 5th tag after %0 is a yes ) then %6 = finished ( incorecct ... you would instead nned another variable to work within the batch file by another name or you are renaming variables designed to be defined outside of the fule ) so try if %5=yes then set %no6=finished if %5=no then %no6 try_again call whatever.bat %no1 %no2 %no3 %no4 %no5 %no6
However I could be more specific to the problem if you tell me more specifically what you wish to do with the batch file.
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