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FOR Statment, MAX using Variable
Name: cardguy1000 Date: December 26, 2003 at 02:12:45 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 2000+/768
Comment:
I'm trying to make a batch file in dos, and I can't seem to get a Variable to work as my MAX in a FOR statement, here is my code: SET NumDisks = 5 FOR /L %%i IN (1, 1, %NumDisks%) DO (ECHO Test)
If I replace %NumDisks% with 5 it works, can you not use variables as your max or is my syntax wrong??? Thanks.
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