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Removing & from string
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 14:56
by gmh
I used FINDSTR in a FOR loop to pull out a specific string. The string contains an & in it. I am trying to remove it. I tried set q=%q:^&=% and it did not work. Any ideas?
Posted: 19 Oct 2008 12:13
by DosItHelp
gmh,
Use quotes around the assignment. Btw. it never hurts to use quotes.
DosItHelp?
Did not work...
Posted: 20 Oct 2008 09:12
by gmh
He is an example of the actual string....
(doc NAME\ &\ NAME2\ NAME3)
If the & was not in the string I have other statements to remove the "(",")", and "\", but with the "&" it messes everything up.
Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:27
by greenfinch
Quotes won't help (or hinder) here - you need setlocal enabledelayedexpansion:
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setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set q=this^&that
echo %q%
set q=!q:^&=or!
echo %q%
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 21:44
by DosItHelp
Quotes work fine on XP:
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@echo off
set "q=this&that"
echo."%q%"
set "q=%q:&=%"
echo. %q%
@echo off
set "q=(doc NAME\ &\ NAME2\ NAME3)"
echo."%q%"
set "q=%q:&=%"
set "q=%q:(=%"
set "q=%q:)=%"
set "q=%q:\=%"
echo. %q%
Output:
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"this&that"
thisthat
"(doc NAME\ &\ NAME2\ NAME3)"
doc NAME NAME2 NAME3