Article ID: 36605
Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003
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
This article was previously published under Q36605
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 "two" 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
