dot before equals in set /p

[Sponge Belly]

Hello All!

I keep coming across lines of code like this:

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<nul set /p ".=some text"

Why is there a dot before the equals sign? What does it do? It doesn’t seem to make any difference whether I leave it in or not. Is it for good luck? Does it keep the bugs away?

Seriously, I presume it’s there for a reason. Someone please enlighten me!

- SB

[jeb]

Hi Sponge Belly,

good question, as far as I know there is no special meaning or behaviour for a dot or any other character here.
You can use any or none.
I only use the dot for aesthetic reasons.

jeb

[Sponge Belly]

Hi Jeb!

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

- SB