Problem setting variable under FOR loop.

[inetquestion]

when running the command below such as: test.bat res*stu*.pdf

Why does the for loop set the value of XXX, but in the next for loop it fails to set the value of 'attachment'?


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@echo off

set XXX=
set attachment=

touch "resilxxoo stuff.pdf"

for %%I IN (%1) do set XXX="%%I"
echo Attachment-A: %XXX%


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:: Process command line params
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:while

IF "%1" == "" (GOTO wend)

If /I "%~x1" == ".pdf" (
for %%I in (%1) do set attachment="%%I"
echo 1: %1
echo Attachment-B: %attachment%
shift
)

@GOTO while
:wend

[Harald Peters]

Op Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:36:37 +0200 schreef inetquestion

Post by inetquestion
when running the command below such as: test.bat res*stu*.pdf
Why does the for loop set the value of XXX, but in the next for loop it
fails to set the value of 'attachment'?
============
@echo off
set XXX=
set attachment=
touch "resilxxoo stuff.pdf" <= is touch a util? internal cmd?
for %%I IN (%1) do set XXX="%?%I" <= needs quotes? needs single % ?
(quotes to enforce full names?)
echo Attachment-A: %XXX%
:: Process command line params
:while
IF "%1" == "" ?(GOTO wend)? <= needs brackets? needs then ?
If /I "%~x1" == ".pdf" ( <= whats this
var?
for %%I in (%1) do set attachment="%?%I" <= needs
quotes? needs single % ?
echo 1: %1
echo Attachment-B: %attachment%
shift
)
@GOTO while
:wend

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