From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 30.05.2024 12:33, Anton Shepelev wrote:   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   Batch programming is always 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%   
      
      
   > The `&' in `set var=&' seems   
   > unnecessary.  Is it there to avoid potential trailing   
   > whitespace?   
      
   Yes.   
      
   But why do you want to do it without delayed expansion?   
   You don't have to use it for the complete batch code,   
   just for the replacement of the #:   
      
   set var=a#b##c   
      
   setlocal enabledelayedexpansion&set p=%%&set var=%var:#=!p!%   
   endlocal&set var=%var%   
      
   echo %var%   
      
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