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extracting a part of string in Batch File

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Batch Hi I am not able to extract a part of a string. I need Help i am using this expression set var1=%cd:~-%length%% where length is 10 but this is not working but when i use the following expression its working fine. set var1=%cd~-10% i just want to use variable name at place of 10 Thanks shiv

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: May 10, 2009 at 22:02:18 Pacific

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@echo off & setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion set /a N=10 set var=!CD:~-%N%! echo !var! ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

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Hi Mechanix2Go, Problem solved. Thanks a lot.

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