XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
      
   > Andy Burns wrote:   
   >   
   >> It it actually using undefined CMD behaviour?   
   >   
   > Normal behavior, "/" is replaced by "&rem.", so you get:   
   >   
   > set v1=39&rem.2023   
   >   
   > which is equivalent to the two lines:   
   >   
   > set v1=39   
   > rem.2023   
      
   Still somewhat surprised that it works without using   
   enabledelayedexpansion (or calling cmd.exe /v)   
      
   I'd have thought after it parsed the original SET statement, it would   
   execute it "as was" not executing the &REM from after the substitution   
   had been done.   
      
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