Isolation of programs' output

[BoQsc]

I want to convert single line programs' output into simple text and store it into a variable.

Where do I go wrong with this code below?

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for /f %%i in ('(echo ^| set /p="%var2%")') do set VAR=%%i

Summary of actions of above code:

• With (echo ^| set /p="%var2%") I sanitize output
• Then trying to place sanitized output into variable VAR
• Getting error that giving hints of syntax error (That's my guess)

[aGerman]

Where do I go wrong with this code below?

At least with not escaping the parentheses.

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@echo off &setlocal
set "var2=test"

for /f %%i in ('^(echo ^| set /p "=%var2%"^)') do set VAR=%%i

echo %VAR%
pause

Note that I also moved the equal sign into the pair of quotation marks. Otherwise you would have to escape it, too.

Steffen