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   Message 68,795 of 68,980   
   Herbert Kleebauer to Anton Shepelev   
   Re: Replacing a character with a percent   
   21 May 24 23:25:37   
   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 21.05.2024 18:58, Anton Shepelev wrote:   
      
   > How can one replace `#' with `%' in the value of a variable?   
   > I have tried:   
   >   
   >    SET VAR=%VAR:#=%%%   
   >    SET VAR=%VAR:#=^%%   
   >   
   > but to no avail.   
      
   I think it is a real bad idea to use a % in a variable,   
   but this should do it:   
      
      
   setlocal enabledelayedexpansion   
   set var=a#b##c   
   set p=%%   
      
   echo %var%   
   set var=%var:#=!p!%   
   echo %var%   
      
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