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   Zaidy036 to Anton Shepelev   
   Re: Replacing a character with a percent   
   22 May 24 10:19:20   
   
   From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 5/21/2024 12:58 PM, Anton Shepelev wrote:   
   > Hello, all.   
   >   
   > How can one replace `#' with `%' in the value of a variable?   
   > I have tried:   
   >   
   >    SET VAR=%VAR:#=%%%   
   >    SET VAR=%VAR:#=^%%   
   >   
   > but to no avail.   
   >   
   why not generate a new variable name using text commands something like:   
      
   Find location of # = n   
   Set xx=%VAR:~,n%   
   Set yy=%VAR:~n,%   
   Set VAR=%xx%%%yy%   
      
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