How to preserve exact number of space characters after split by for

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sincos2007
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How to preserve exact number of space characters after split by for

#1 Post by sincos2007 » 04 May 2019 00:56

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:test2
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion

set "line1=   abc   #   %%var1%%   #   ^!var2^!"


for /f "usebackq delims=# tokens=1,2,3*" %%i in ('%line1%') do (
	echo {%%i}
	echo {%%j}
	echo {%%k}
)

endlocal
goto :eof
There are 3 space characters at both sides of “abc” in variable line1. But after I split line1 by for loop, only one space character is left.

How to preserve the three space characters at both sides of “abc” after split by for?

Thanks

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Re: How to preserve exact number of space characters after split by for

#2 Post by Aacini » 04 May 2019 10:50

Don't use usebackq switch and enclose the variable in quotes:

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@echo off

:test2
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion

set "line1=   abc   #   %%var1%%   #   ^!var2^!"


for /f "delims=# tokens=1,2,3*" %%i in ("%line1%") do (
	echo {%%i}
	echo {%%j}
	echo {%%k}
)

endlocal
goto :eof
Antonio

sincos2007
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Re: How to preserve exact number of space characters after split by for

#3 Post by sincos2007 » 07 May 2019 11:43

Hi Antonio,

Thanks for your help, your code works well.

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