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Awesome, I shall check out that SO answer.

Not sure if this is what you are looking for. foolproof counting of arguments Not so much validation, but simply an efficient reliable way to check with switches were used and then perform the appropriate action based on the user's input. Example: a custom script to search for file on a computer, w...

Is there any documentation/discussion, either in DosTips or elsewhere, on how to implement your own switches/options in a batch script? Such as, the best way to validate a switch inputted by the user, how to test which switch is used, etc...

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@Aacini

Thank you, I'm studying more of the documentation to get a better understanding.

Why are the two options "print" and "Scan" not affected correctly? I've set the coordinate range to cover each word for the hovering according to the errorlevel it gives when I click on "print" and "scan"... color 07 & cls echo Choose an option: echo Print...

What are your thoughts, is it best to not use GOTO commands? There are only three reasons for a use of GOTO. 1) Generate loops (like "do-while" loops of other languages) 2) Quit the execution of a batch code or subroutine using GOTO :EOF 3) Quickly escape (break out of a FOR loop or jump ...

@Squashman Agreed, that's why sometimes it's necessary and other times it can be ignored.

I try not to use GOTO commands as much as possible, and stick to flows like IFs and Elses, and loops. But sometimes GOTO is just necessary. What are your thoughts, is it best to not use GOTO commands? Here is the hate from StackOverflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18863309/the-equivalent-of-a...

Not sure why you would need to do this.

Duh..I didn't think about making the variable a 'space'...thanks! You could have at least shown that you'd made an attempt at something using the clue I gave you, which isn't incidentally the only way to do it. SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion Set "_= " For /L %%A In (2,1,15) Do (Set "...

Compo wrote:Clue:

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But how would I change the spacing distance in between the quotes for each loop?

Here's the code I have for a moving marquee-style banner, using the showColor routine found on Stackoverflow (credit: Jeb) Does anyone have an idea how I can reduce this code into some type of loop, rather than block after block of the same code... @echo off color 07 setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion ...

Take out the "set input=1" line in this block of code: :Username Set input=1 set/p input= ID if "%input%"=="" ( goto N2 Your pre-setting the input variable, so whenever someone hits enter, the input variable will remain as "1". It should look like this: :Usern...

Thank you LotPings and aGerman, all of these are helpful and do exactly what I need.

I have a string of numbers set to variable "num". How can I insert a space in between each number to get the desired result below? set num=2212221 ?????? ?????? echo %numWithSpaces% 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 I could chop it up like this %num:~0,1% %num:~1,1% %num:~2,1% ... But if I dont know the strin...