Variable manipulation

[ankycooper9]

Let say I have 2 variables

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set var1=hello:\how\areyou.i'mgr8
set var2=hello:\how\are

now I have to remove contents of var2 from var1
(The desired result in the above example would be var1=you.i'mgr8 )

I have ftied the following but does not work

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set var1=!var1:!var2!=!

Please help

[dbenham]

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set var1=!var1:%var2%=!

If you are in a situation where you cannot use immediate expansion, then:

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@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
(
  set var1=hello:\how\areyou.i'mgr8
  set var2=hello:\how\are
  for /f "delims=" %%S in ("!var2!") do set var1=!var1:%%S=!
)

Dave Benham

[!k]

w/o DelayedExpansion

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call set var1=%%var1:%var2%=%%

[ankycooper9]

Thanks dbenham it woked!!