Text with asterisk ignored in function For loop

[Jer]

My working code gets user input that may include an asterisk in the text.
The code below demonstrates the issue of passing text that includes an asterisk
to a function and using a For loop to echo the text.

The function args (%*) echo okay, but the For loop ignores text with an asterisk.
Looking for a solution. Thanks.

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@Echo Off

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

Call:pFunc "Product List, *=Discontinued"
Call:pFunc "Aisle # & Shelf"

endlocal&goto:eof

rem function
:pFunc
 setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

 For %%a In (%*) Do Echo %%~a

 endlocal&exit /b 

[penpen]

You could access the string via a variable content:

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@Echo Off

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

Call:pFunc "Product List, *=Discontinued"
Call:pFunc "Aisle # & Shelf"

endlocal&goto:eof

rem function
:pFunc
 setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
 set args=%*
 For %%a In (args) Do Echo !%%~a!

 endlocal&exit /b 

penpen

[Jer]

With this change:

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For %%a In (args) Do Echo !%%~a:~1,-1!

the surrounding quotes are removed from the text string and the solution works.
Thanks again penpen