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Aelux
Aelux

Reputation: 77

For /f loop with delims to split and use a string only runs once(batch)

So I have a list of dates which can be any amount in theory like this separated by and underscore in a string format.

I would like to split this string and use it within a for loop with further code but when echo ing only the first date is printed i.e 02/03/2020 in this case.

The code I am using is as follows:

@Echo off
Set dates=02/03/2020_03/04/202_04/04/2020
for /f "delims=_" %%b in ("%dates%") do (
Echo %%b
)

I also tried using tokens just to see what would happen and this code below printed more than one but as I don't know how many dates that isn't practical for me

for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=_" %%b in ("%dates%") do (
Echo %%b
Echo %%c

And finally I also tried using 1* in the tokens section but that just returned the string as it is without being delimited at all

Any advise for what I may be doing wrong here would be very appreciated

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3193

Answers (1)

T3RR0R
T3RR0R

Reputation: 2951

In batch scripting, variables are assigned using the Set xommand. open cmd and type set /?

Additionally, tokens / delims is unecessary. Use substring modification to replace _ with a standard delimiter.

@Set "dates=02/03/2020_03/04/2020_04/04/2020"
@For %%G in (%Dates:_= %)Do @Echo/%%G

Upvotes: 1

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