Split variable in 2 after the last dot

[LiveITA]

I need to cut variables in two smaller variables after the last dot. For example the variable

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european.union

will be

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vara=european

and

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varb=union

I use the following code to accomplish this purpose:

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for /f "tokens=1 delims=." %%a in ("%elvariato%") do set vara=%%a
for /f "tokens=2 delims=." %%a in ("%elvariato%") do set varb=%%a

The problem is that this code can't manage multiple

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.

split variables. For example the variable

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spain is in.the.european.union

would totally make this code useless.

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vara="spain is in" 

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varb=the

would be the output but i need

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vara="spain is in.the.european"

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varb=union

Don't worry about in var spaces, i can manage them.

I want to split the variable at the last dot

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.

but i don't know how to accomplish that. I tried to read the total number of tokens to merge all the tokens up to N-1 but it did not work. Being unable to know the number of dots before the variable is analyzed by the script makes it kinda hard. Any suggestion?

[Squashman]

Just use the built-in modifiers of the FOR command.

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@echo off
set "string=spain is in.the.european.union"
FOR %%G IN ("%string%") DO (
	set "vara=%%~nG"
	set "varb=%%~xG
)
set "varb=%varb:~1%"

set var
pause

Output

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vara=spain is in.the.european
varb=union
Press any key to continue . . .

[LiveITA]

perfect thanks. just wondering, why you added the last

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set var

? it has no purpose

[Squashman]

perfect thanks. just wondering, why you added the last

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set var

? it has no purpose

If it has no purpose for you then remove it.

[ShadowThief]

perfect thanks. just wondering, why you added the last

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set var

? it has no purpose

It displays the values of all variables starting with "var" - it's easier than typing

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echo %vara%
echo %varb%

It's just to show you that it worked.