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From: kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: Getting rid of "syntax error" from .bat files - how to?
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.195852.3010@demott.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 19:58:52 GMT
References: <9467@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt)
Organization: DeMott Electronics Co., Van Nuys CA
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In article <9467@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> brand@cad.Berkeley.EDU (Graham Brand) writes:
>I have written a batch file which accepts parameters from the command
>line using the:
>	if %1==param1
>syntax. It works fine except that if I don't pass any parameters, I
>get the above syntax error message. Is there any way to suppress this?

try:
	if (%1)==(param1)
or:
	if $%1==$param1
etc.

>In addition, is there any way of passing a string, the first character
>of which is a dash (-), as in -f? It doesn't seem to work with the
>above test.

    Works just fine as above.

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