Microsoft KB Archive/36605

= Environment Variable Trailing Spaces Not Truncated =

Article ID: 36605

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
When setting environment variables, the following commands produce different environment variables:

SET FIRST=one

SET FIRST =two



MORE INFORMATION
The command SET now displays the following (along with all the other environment variables):

FIRST=one

FIRST =two

Trailing spaces are not removed from the environment variable that is being set. The variables are fully functional and may be addressed in batch files by using the same syntax when referring to the variable. For example, the following line

echo %FIRST %

will print the word &quot;two&quot; on the screen.

Additional query words: 6.22 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3.30A 4.00 5.00 6.00

Keywords: KB36605

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