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   Zaidy036 to R.Wieser   
   Re: Missing Operand   
   18 Sep 25 12:50:25   
   
   From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 9/18/2025 12:43 PM, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > Zaidy,   
   >   
   >> I fell stupid but for the life of me I cannot see an error but Win 11 batch   
   >> reports missing operand.   
   >   
   >> SET /A T-Day=%T-Min% + (%T-Hour% * 60)    <<< missing operand ????   
   >   
   > :-)  the cause is rather simple : the "-" in the first, target variables   
   > name is, by the expression evaluator, seen as a minus sign.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rudy Wieser   
   >   
   >   
   As I said stupid....thanks. Changed the "-" to "_"   
      
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