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Posted: **27 Jun 2017 23:47**

Hey guys!

I'm having a problem using delims in the For loop.

@echo off
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
For /f "tokens=* delims=:" %%A IN (DataFile.Tronic) DO (
   Set File1=%%A 
   Set File2=%%B 
   Set File3=%%C
   ) 
pause
Echo %File1%
Echo %File2%
Echo %File3%
pause

DataFile.Tronic contains the following data:

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E3455890.bat:Status=RootNone:9475d01.xml:

Yet the output on the cmd console is

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E3455890.bat:Status=RootNone:9475d01.xml:
%B
%C

I don't understand why the delims don't separate the variables.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Posted: **27 Jun 2017 23:50**

You need to point out the tokens too:

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@echo off
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
For /f "tokens=1,2* delims=:" %%A IN (DataFile.Tronic) DO (
   Set File1=%%A 
   Set File2=%%B 
   Set File3=%%C
   ) 
pause
Echo %File1%
Echo %File2%
Echo %File3%
pause

Posted: **28 Jun 2017 00:44**

Thanks npocmka! It's working as a charm now!

Don't know why I was so dumb not to find this mistake in my code :mrgreen:

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