From: address@not.available   
      
   Herbert,   
      
   I was reading back thru the thread and saw this :   
      
   > set dd=cd&doskey cd=cd $* ^&call title %^%dd^%%   
   >   
   > But if you insert a space before the & it doesn't work   
   > anymore:   
   >   
   > set dd=cd &doskey cd=cd $* ^&call title %^%dd^%%   
      
   Thats explainable : "set" takes *everything* from the "=" upto the end of   
   the line and puts it into the variable (when using an "&" that becomes "the   
   end of the line")   
      
   set foo=the quick brown fox   
   echo %foo%   
      
   now try this :   
   - - - - - - - - - - - -   
   set dd=cd&rem   
   echo [%dd%]   
   - - - - - - - - - - - -   
   (no space infront of the "&")   
      
   and than this   
   - - - - - - - - - - - -   
   set dd=cd &rem   
   echo [%dd%]   
   - - - - - - - - - - - -   
   (one-or-more spaces infront of the "&")   
      
   the "[" and "]" are just visual delimitors and have no special meaning.   
      
   You might notice that the second example displays a space infront of the   
   "]", while the first one doesn't.   
      
   you will get the same results when you leave the "&rem" parts off   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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