From: anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com   
      
   Herbert Kleebauer:   
      
   > I don't see any file IO   
      
   I mentioned IO as a possible way to use the HDD as an   
   external memory in the script -- a crazy idea that I   
   abandoned.   
      
   > and if VAR doesn't have any spaces or other delimiters und   
   > there are only single #, than this should work (but what   
   > is wrong with delayed expansion?):   
      
   I consider this additional limitation as a challenge.   
      
   > set var=a#b#c   
   >   
   > set var2=%var:#= %&set var=&   
   > for %%i in (%var2%) do call set var=%%var%%%%i%%%%   
   > set var=%var:~0,-1%   
   >   
   > echo %var%   
      
   Thank you.  You use CALL SET to effect a double (a therefore   
   delayed) expansion.  The `&' in `set var=&' seems   
   unnecessary.  Is it there to avoid potential trailing   
   whitespace?   
      
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