Is it possible to do "choice /t" without having a predetermined option?

[dubcusb]

I don't know if I worded that correctly, but what I mean is:
Can I do something like

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@echo off
set "errorlevel=0"

choice /c yn /t 10
if "%errorlevel%"=="1" goto yes
if "%errorlevel%"=="2" goto no
goto maybe

I want to be able to select between two options and have them do something. If I don't select anything in 10 seconds, do something else.

I know I can simply add an extra option and set it as predetermined like

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choice /c ynm /t 10 /d m

but that way, I can directly press "M", instead of having to wait 10 seconds.

Is there anything that I can do to simulate what I want? Like an unchoosable option or something similar?

Thanks.


(Not native English speaker)

- dubcusb

[aGerman]

There is no possibility using choice. I think the reason is that choice returns the position of the character in the string passed with option /c as errorlevel. What errorlevel should choice return if you didn't define the default?

Steffen

[Sounak@9434]

A good way is to use a "not on keyboard" character. Like the alt+219 which is █ or alt+255 which is something like an invisible character (not tested). Then suppress the display of choices. Here is a small script.

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choice /c █yn /n /d █ /t 10 /m "[Y/N]"
If errorlevel 3 echo No
If errorlevel 2 echo Yes
If errorlevel 1 echo Who knows

Sincerely,
Sounak

[dubcusb]

A good way is to use a "not on keyboard" character. Like the alt+219 which is █ or alt+255 which is something like an invisible character (not tested). Then suppress the display of choices. Here is a small script.

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choice /c █yn /n /d █ /t 10 /m "[Y/N]"
If errorlevel 3 echo No
If errorlevel 2 echo Yes
If errorlevel 1 echo Who knows

Sincerely,
Sounak

Thanks so much! That character isn't allowed on ANSI, but it gave me the idea of using another uncommon character instead (ý). Now it does exactly what I need. Thanks!

- dubcusb

[pieh-ejdsch]

this will not use Errorlevel
and go to your choice in one way
or in unknown Language you want to use an IF ELSE

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echo off
for /f "tokens=1-2 delims=[,\/]" %%i in ('choice ^<nul 2^>nul') do (
  <nul set /p="[%%i,%%j]?"
  ( for /f "delims=Ô" %%A in ('choice /n /d Ô /c Ô%%i%%j /t 10') do (
      echo  %%A
       rem   if %%i == %%A ( * do this ) else * do that
      goto :answer%%A
    )
  ) || echo  -- time is over!
)
rem end
Exit /b
:answerJ
 rem * do this
echo this
Exit /b

:answerN
 rem * do that
echo that
Exit /b

Phil

[Sounak@9434]

this will not use Errorlevel
and go to your choice in one way
or in unknown Language you want to use an IF ELSE

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::Skipped

Phil

Mind for a little explanation on how the code works. Because I am

[Aacini]

this will not use Errorlevel
and go to your choice in one way
or in unknown Language you want to use an IF ELSE

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snip

Phil

It is much simpler this way:

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choice /c yn■ /n /d ■ /t 10 /m "[Y/N]"
goto option-%errorlevel%


:option-1
echo Yes
. . .

:option-2
echo No
. . .

:option-3
echo Timeout
. . .

Don't forget to also define labels for option-0 (user press Ctrl-C) and option-255 (CHOICE error).

Antonio