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- 05 Oct 2012 13:55
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
- Replies: 13
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Re: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
To Squashman. I do not know how to properly use the board's tools so please forgive me. All I would like is to have someone answer my question so I can say thank you. Considering that I have reposted and rephrased my question about 5 times now, I suspect that people on this board will start to get a...
- 05 Oct 2012 13:04
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7980
Re: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
rbateman wrote: May someone explain why the line IF %SECTION%==3 ( SET SECTION="3.3 NO SURGE LINE" GOTO START ) Doesn't work. "That line works fine here, and you would have seen that it you had tried my debugging section above." That line does not work fine here and you know this...
- 05 Oct 2012 11:57
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7980
Re: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
rbateman wrote: May someone explain why the line IF %SECTION%==3 ( SET SECTION="3.3 NO SURGE LINE" GOTO START ) Doesn't work. "That line works fine here, and you would have seen that it you had tried my debugging section above." That line does not work fine here and you know this...
- 05 Oct 2012 01:22
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7980
Re: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
Thank you for helping me. However, I still do not understand why my code fundamentally does not work when 3 is inputted. May someone explain why the line
IF %SECTION%==3 ( SET SECTION="3.3 NO SURGE LINE"
GOTO START )
Doesn't work.
IF %SECTION%==3 ( SET SECTION="3.3 NO SURGE LINE"
GOTO START )
Doesn't work.
- 04 Oct 2012 15:35
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7980
Batch File not working with IF,SET combination
I have no idea why this .bat is not working. Line 40 of the code requests input from the user and assigns the value to the variable called "SECTION". If the input is not 1,2,3, or 4, the result will loop to the piece of code called :MISTAKE and display the message that the input is incorre...