From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Herbert Kleebauer   wrote:   
   ...   
   >> P.S.  The original question was: Is there a variable that expands to the #   
   >> of parameters passed.  The answer to that is now known to be: NO.   
   >   
   >But you can calculate it:   
   >   
   >   
   >@echo off   
   >set nargs=0&call :nargs %*   
   >echo batch called with %nargs% parameters: %*   
   >goto :eof   
   >   
   >:nargs   
   >if [%1]==[] (goto :eof) else (shift & set /a nargs+=1 & goto :nargs)   
   >   
      
   This is nice; thanks.  I actually ended up going with a version of this.   
      
   BTW, particularly cute is the lack of a space between the 0 and the &.   
   I assumed that I could put a space there (for "readability"), but then   
   found out why it is the way it is...   
      
   I did put a space after the &, though.   
      
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