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Thank you all for the information.

I know this is a rookie question/script, but we all got to start somewhere.

I will be doing some research on the setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion.

As for now, I feel like this question is answered.

Two things are missing. 1) If you want to output something use the ECHO command. 2) If you want to expand variables enclosed in exclamation marks you need to enable delayed variable expansion. @echo off SET /P UserInput=Please type the Number: setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion echo You owe us an amou...

Also, you're using !UserInput! instead of %UserInput% but I'm not seeing a setlocal enabledelayedexpansion anywhere. I just found out about the %UserInput% prior to seeing this.. I guess I was wording it weirdly with Google on trying to find the answer. Honestly I'm not sure what the setlocal enabl...

Is that your entire script? Are you running it from the command prompt or double clicking it? Exactly what are you entering as input? Yes, it is. I know a beginner lol. I actually figured out that I should have been using %UserInput% instead of !UserInput!. It was a numeric value as Input(i.e. 36, ...

Hello All, OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit I am trying to create a batch file that will do the following. @echo off SET /P UserInput=Please type the Number: You owe us an amount of !UserInput! pause But I get the following as the result Please type the Number:12 "You owe us an amount of 34.!UserI...