I have a variable containing some words separated by one space, like this set VAR=word1 word2 word3 Is it possible to have a FOR loop which loops over the word? Something similar in spirit to rem call mybatch word1 rem call mybatch word2 rem etc. for %%i in (%VAR%) do call mybatch %%i only that written in this way, it's syntactically not valid.

@echo off & setLocal EnableDELAYedExpansion set VAR=word1 word2 word3 for /f "tokens=1-3 delims= " %%a in ("!VAR!") do ( call mybatch %%a call mybatch %%b call mybatch %%c ) ===================================== Helping others achieve escape felicity M2

This did not work. For example, executing the following Batch file: @echo off setlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION set PROD_DIRNAME_IALL=I1 I2 for %d in (%PROD_DIRNAME_IALL%) do echo xxx %%d produces the error message "PROD_DIRNAME_IALLd" ist syntaktisch an dieser Stelle nicht verarbeitbar. which means that there is a syntax error in the FOR statement.

"This did not work" %d should be %%d ===================================== Helping others achieve escape felicity M2

Indeed - thanks a lot!!!!!