How to store %Errorlevel% to variable for later use?

[noprogrammer]

I need to extend a script by the ability to check the output of a text dump. The script has to know the existence of a specific pattern and should store its state to a variable (0 or 1, basically). The text dump will be some formatted xml output and the pattern looks like <!-- foo:1 --> followed by a linefeed.

I tried the following which doesn't work:

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type foo.log | findstr /r /c:"\<!-- foo:1 --\>" >nul
If %Errorlevel% Equ 0 (
  Echo %Errorlevel%
) Else (
  Echo %Errorlevel%
)

If %Errorlevel%==0 won't work either. The type foo.log will be replaced by a curl command later on.
Instead of the Echo lines I'd like to have some kind of Set ReturnValue=%Errorlevel% instruction as soon as that part works.

If I manually execute the command

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type foo.log | findstr /r /c:"\<!-- foo:1 --\>" >nul

or apply it to a text dump sans pattern:

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type bar.log | findstr /r /c:"\<!-- foo:1 --\>" >nul

I'll correctly get as Echo %Errorlevel% the results 0 and 1.

I wonder where the (logical?) error is...

[Aacini]

In this command there is a pipe:

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type foo.log | findstr /r /c:"\<!-- foo:1 --\>" >nul

The pipe is executed via a new instance of cmd.exe at each side of the pipe. When the pipe (both commands) ends, the errorlevel in each one of the two executed cmd.exe's is lost.

Just use it this way:

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findstr /r /c:"\<!-- foo:1 --\>" foo.log >nul

Antonio

[noprogrammer]

I tried it, it works as well if entered manually, but it won't work in my script.
But I guess I've found the culprit, it's

Setlocal enableDelayedExpansion enableExtensions

The errorlevel handling works as expected without enableDelayedExpansion, however I can't do without it.

I'm unsure what's best practice for my script, but delayed expansion is just used for the first For loop:

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Set/a count=0
For /f "tokens=4,7 delims=<>" %%i In ('curl -s "http://192.168.178.1/login_sid.lua"') Do (
   Set/a count=!count!+1
   Set dummy!count!=%%i
   Set/a count=!count!+1
   Set dummy!count!=%%j
)

Maybe switching it off afterwards will help...

Update: Yes it did: Setlocal disableDelayedExpansion right after the loop fixed it.