Q on Set command format

[Jc_oz]

Hi, just a quick question.

I have a script which I am using the set statement.

alpha is a variable that has been previously set but for some reason the following does not work.

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&&set "alpha=%fname:~-1!%"

All I want is the the last digit of "fname" (also a variable set earlier) to be assigned to "alpha"

I can't understand why it does not work....

Thanks for any suggestions

Regards,

John

[DccD]

I'm not sure why you put the excalamation (!) but this should work:

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set "alpha=%fname:~-1%"