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by Phylum
16 Oct 2014 14:11
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Exclamation point not passed with CALL & delayedexpansion
Replies: 5
Views: 4464

Re: Exclamation point not passed with CALL & delayedexpansio

Do you know that you don't need this code to remove the Quotes. set _Buffer=%_Buffer:"=% Just do this. set _Buffer=%~1 Oh, excellent tip. Thank you for that! You may want to look at passing a variable name as a reference to your subroutine and then expand the variable in the subroutine. I'm no...
by Phylum
16 Oct 2014 10:38
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Exclamation point not passed with CALL & delayedexpansion
Replies: 5
Views: 4464

Exclamation point not passed with CALL & delayedexpansion

I need some help understanding why the exclamation point is not passed on to a 'subroutine' when delayedexpansion is enabled. When delayedexpansion is not enabled, it works as expected: exclamation point is passed onto the subroutine. I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but what? Example code is ...
by Phylum
11 Nov 2011 05:50
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: String Manipulation: Escaping Special Characters
Replies: 3
Views: 4450

Re: String Manipulation: Escaping Special Characters

Thank you both for taking the time read this silly post.

Both of your suggestions work fine - its excellent stuff! I tried [] but I don't think I did it with ^.

Ed: Really clever & brilliant stuff you've linked to!
by Phylum
09 Nov 2011 06:13
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: String Manipulation: Escaping Special Characters
Replies: 3
Views: 4450

String Manipulation: Escaping Special Characters

I have loads of fun with batch scripting. I tend to rely on batches for quick [& dirty] operations vs VBScript or PowerShell, mainly due to a lack of the same level of in-depth familiarity with those languages. I'm in need of assistance figuring this out a way to do some basic user input normali...