Echo ( and ) within a block

[miskox]

I have this:

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@echo off
set str=somestringABCDEF
(echo/)&&(echo %str%)

set str=somestring(ABCDEF)
(echo/)&&(echo %str%)

Output:

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c:\>a

somestringABCDEF
) was unexpected at this time.

c:\>

Ideas how to display ( and )?

ECHO/ is there just to show the problem. In reality I have a FINDSTR command and I check success/failure.

At the moment I replace '(' and ')' with '^^(' and '^^)' just for the display purposes.

Thanks.
Saso

[jeb]

Hi miskox,

simply use delayed expansion, that solves also problems with all other special characters.

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@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set str=somestringABCDEF
(echo/)&&(echo !str!)

set str=somestring(ABCDEF)
(echo/)&&(echo !str!)

[miskox]

Thanks Jeb!

Saso