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Hi SIMMS7400,

Please read the topic about Dave Benham’s excellent parseCSV Batch/JS hybrid utility, which should do what you want—and then some!

- SB

PS: Please fix typo in subject line.

@carlos @sst

Thanks for the great explanations and links!

I’ll use a function to store the value of "%~f0" in a variable from now on. Just one more nonsensical Batch thing to remember!

- SB

Hi sst, :) I saw an explanation for using "%~dpf0" somewhere a long time ago. I think it was by jeb, but I could never find it again. :( And then I noticed a subroutine you used in this SO Answer : :getBatFullPath set "%~1=%~f0" & exit /b You said it was a “workaround for CMD %~0 bug.” Please give a...

Below is my third (and hopefully final) version of my line-counting subroutine: @echo off & setLocal enableExtensions disableDelayedExpansion call :countLines noOfLines "%~1" || ( >&2 echo(file "%~nx1" is empty & goto end ) %= cond exec =% echo(file "%~nx1" has %noOfLines% line(s) :end - exit progra...

Belated thanks to Penpen for his informative response to my previous effort. Please find below my revised code for reversing a string: @echo off & setLocal enableExtensions disableDelayedExpansion (call;) %= sets errorLevel to 0 =% (set lf=^ %= BLANK LINE REQUIRED =% ) set "cr=" & if not defined cr ...

Hi Dave, Thanks for the detailed explanation. I noticed consecutive LFs were being converted into a single space when I was trying to capture an input parameter inside the in (…) clause of a FOR /F loop using the REM tecchnique. I tried all kinds of crazy things, including piping the output from the...

Hi Dave and Jeb! :) How about this for strange behaviour? multiLine.cmd: @echo off & setLocal enableExtensions disableDelayedExpansion prompt @ for /f "delims=" %%A in (' for /f %%B in ("1"^) do rem # %1 # ') do @echo(%%A echo on @( @for /f "delims=" %%A in ("1") do rem: # %1 # ) | @findStr "^" @ech...

Hello Penpen and Happy 2018!

Your first solution is very reductionist… I love it!

My only criticism is that it prints 2 newlines for a single LF.

As for your second solution, I’m still trying to figure it out.

Thanks for your feedback.

- SB

Hello All, Sorry I’m late to the party, but here’s my proffered solution to this hoary old chestnut of a problem: @echo off & setLocal enableExtensions disableDelayedExpansion (call;) %= sets errorLevel to 0 =% set "testStr=uncopyrightable" call :splitStr testStr if errorLevel 1 ( >&2 echo(string is...

Hi All, I second Catalinnc’s sentiments! I’m not happy with this forum’s new style. I went through the list of styles provided by Steffen. They may look different on the surface, but they’re all the same underneath. By which I mean, they all use lists instead of tables. View the HTML source to see w...

Hi Steffen, Thanks for your reply. I tried your suggestions, but nothing worked. The new forum style overuses (imho) lists. The old style I was familiar with used tables, which are far easier for me to navigate. Please ask Peter the admin to add some styles and to allow mere mortals like myself to s...

Hello Again!

Is it just me or has the forum reverted to some default style? How do I reset it? I looked through my settings and I couldn’t find it.

TIA!

- SB

Hello Again! :) Wow, I can’t believe this topic is over 4 years old! :shock: What an enthusiastic little puppy I was in those days… :roll: Anyways, I’ve revised the code for my string strimmer. It is now completely expansion-insensitive and exploits the option to omit the closing quote in the last p...

Hi CirothUngol!

Are you aware of Judago’s str_math.bat script?

- SB

Hello All! I recently noticed some unexplained behaviour when appending a file to itself using type (from the command line): <nul set /p "=###" >hashes.tmp for /l %I in (1 1 8) do type hashes.tmp >>hashes.tmp So far, so good. The file size is 768 bytes, as expected. But when I do this: typ...