I am writing a batch file that requires a response of a number. The numbers can range between 1-2000 I need the response to be forced to fit a naming convention. For example, if you type 8, 08, 008, or 0008 as the response, i need the answer of 0008 returned.

Please let me know if this is what you are looking for... ::(to MANUALLY get number) @echo off :USER_RANDOM cls & echo Please enter your number from 1 - 2000... set /p num= if %num% gtr 2000 echo The numbers range from 1 - 2000... & PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 2000>nul & goto :USER_RANDOM if %num% lss 10 set num=000%num% & goto :CONTINUE if %num% lss 100 set num=00%num% & goto :CONTINUE if %num% lss 1000 set num=0%num% & goto :CONTINUE :CONTINUE echo %num% pause>nul ::end of code ::++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ::(to AUTOMATICALLY get number) @echo off :MAKE_RANDOM cls set num=%random% if %num% gtr 2000 goto :MAKE_RANDOM if %num% lss 10 set num=000%num% & goto :CONTINUE if %num% lss 100 set num=00%num% & goto :CONTINUE if %num% lss 1000 set num=0%num% & goto :CONTINUE :CONTINUE echo %num% pause>nul ::end of code