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Split String

Split a String, Extract Substrings by Delimiters.

Description: Use the FOR command to split a string into parts. The example shows how to split a date variable into its parts.

Script:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. echo.-- Split off the first date token, i.e. day of the week for /f %%a in ("%date%") do set d=%%a echo.Date : %date% echo.d : %d% echo. echo.-- Split the date into weekday, month, day, and year, using slash and space as delimiters for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4 delims=/ " %%a in ("%date%") do set wday=%%a&set month=%%b&set day=%%c&set year=%%d echo.Weekday: %wday% echo.Month : %month% echo.Day : %day% echo.Year : %year%

Script Output:

Script Output

-- Split off the first date token, i.e. day of the week
Date   : Thu 12/02/2005
d      : Thu

-- Split the date into weekday, month, day, and year, using slash and space as delimiters
Weekday: Thu
Month  : 12
Day    : 02
Year   : 2005