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Ahh hmm, no wonder. It was written in days of y'ore.

Well here is my own modification for modern days then, which as far as I see, should work in _EVERY_ instance. I typically prefer being able to pass multiple variables to small functions/scripts like this. Which is why it starts with a FOR loop.

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

:DeQuote
FOR %%G IN (%*) DO (
SET DeQuote.Variable=%%G
CALL SET DeQuote.Contents=%%!DeQuote.Variable!%%

IF [!DeQuote.Contents:~0^,1!]==[^"] (
IF [!DeQuote.Contents:~-1!]==[^"] (
SET DeQuote.Contents=!DeQuote.Contents:~1,-1!
) ELSE (GOTO :EOF no end quote)
) ELSE (GOTO :EOF no beginning quote)

SET !DeQuote.Variable!=!DeQuote.Contents!
SET DeQuote.Variable=
SET DeQuote.Contents=
)
GOTO :EOF

So it can be used as thus.
SET VAR1="I am some text"
SET VAR2=I am also some text"

CALL :DeQuote VAR1,VAR2

And only VAR1 will be dequoted. I still don't understand how the regexp search for ""^" is working in the original FINDSTR. Especially when it's searching for the double quote at the end.

OK I've put a modified version up here http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-dequote.html
I left out the FOR and changed the variable names just to make it a bit easier for beginners to follow.

Actually it just occurs to me it would be simple to add a SHIFT clause and have it dequote multiple variables passed as %1, %2 etc

Hi,

I need to remove single quotes from my variables. Any help would be appreciated.

--Moises


________________________
example output below:

'variable1'
'another variable
variable2'

________________________
batch file below:


@ECHO OFF

FOR /F "tokens=3 delims= " %%A IN ('smbios2 /G ^| find /I "serial number"') DO SET VAR1=%%A
FOR /F "tokens=3,4 delims= " %%A IN ('smbios2 /G ^| find /I "product name"') DO SET VAR2=%%A %%B
FOR /F "tokens=2 delims= " %%A IN ('smbios2 /G ^| find /I "product:"') DO SET VAR3=%%A

ECHO %VAR1%
ECHO %VAR2%
ECHO %VAR3%

Thank you,

I actually figured it out about an hour after I posted my question and came up with the same results. This option works well because I can do character manipulation as well rather than just deleting the ones that are not needed.

This line...

) ELSE (GOTO :EOF)SET !_DeQuoteVar!=!_DeQuoteString!

...is the problem.  The SET command should be on a new line.

How can I recognize the number of pc .
there is command that enable me to do that
thank ahead,
noa.

bluesxman wrote:

This line...

Code:

) ELSE (GOTO :EOF)SET !_DeQuoteVar!=!_DeQuoteString!

...is the problem.  The SET command should be on a new line.

I tried your suggestion above but its still not working...

Here's the code:

::@echo off
SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set _MyVariable = "C:\Program Files\ss64\"
CALL :dequote _MyVariable
echo MyVariable %_MyVariable%




:DeQuote

SET _DeQuoteVar=%1
CALL SET _DeQuoteString=%%!_DeQuoteVar!%%
IF [!_DeQuoteString:~0^,1!]==[^"] (
IF [!_DeQuoteString:~-1!]==[^"] (SET _DeQuoteString=!_DeQuoteString:~1,-1!
) ELSE (GOTO :EOF)
) ELSE (GOTO :EOF)
SET !_DeQuoteVar!=!_DeQuoteString!
SET _DeQuoteVar=
SET _DeQuoteString=
GOTO :EOF

And the output is:

C:\Batchfiles>Quote

C:\Batchfiles>SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

C:\Batchfiles>set _MyVariable = "C:\Program Files\ss64\"

C:\Batchfiles>CALL :dequote _MyVariable

C:\Batchfiles>SET _DeQuoteVar=_MyVariable

C:\Batchfiles>CALL SET _DeQuoteString=%!_DeQuoteVar!%

C:\Batchfiles>IF [!_DeQuoteString:~0,1!] == ["] (IF [!_DeQuoteString:~-1!] == ["
] (SET _DeQuoteString=!_DeQuoteString:~1,-1! )  ELSE (GOTO :EOF ) )  ELSE (GOTO
:EOF )

C:\Batchfiles>echo MyVariable
MyVariable

C:\Batchfiles>SET _DeQuoteVar=

C:\Batchfiles>CALL SET _DeQuoteString=%!_DeQuoteVar!%

C:\Batchfiles>IF [!_DeQuoteString:~0,1!] == ["] (IF [!_DeQuoteString:~-1!] == ["
] (SET _DeQuoteString=!_DeQuoteString:~1,-1! )  ELSE (GOTO :EOF ) )  ELSE (GOTO
:EOF )

C:\Batchfiles>


Whats wrong??

Hi, I'm "klint" and I'm new to this forum. I apologise in advance if this has been suggested already. I had a quick read and couldn't find it.

Has anyone thought of using the %%~a syntax to remove quotes? See FOR /? for more information. Here's a test batch file:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set string1="this string was originally quoted"
set string2=this string is not quoted
set string3='this string has 'single quotes'

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%s in ('!string1!') do set string1=%%~s
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%s in ('!string2!') do set string2=%%~s
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%s in ('!string3!') do set string3=%%~s

rem Now show the values of the processed strings. We expect only the
rem quoted string to be un-quoted; the others should be the same.
set string

Last edited by klint (2008-Mar-19 05:58:42)

Just tried the :DeQuote routine.

Here is what my bat file looks like:

SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set _MyVariable="C:\Program Files\ss64\"  
CALL :dequote _MyVariable 
echo %_MyVariable%
goto :EOF


:DeQuote 

SET _DeQuoteVar=%1
CALL SET _DeQuoteString=%%!_DeQuoteVar!%%
IF [!_DeQuoteString:~0^,1!]==[^"] (
IF [!_DeQuoteString:~-1!]==[^"] (SET _DeQuoteString=!_DeQuoteString:~1,-1!
) ELSE (GOTO :EOF)
) ELSE (GOTO :EOF)
SET !_DeQuoteVar!=!_DeQuoteString!
SET _DeQuoteVar=
SET _DeQuoteString=
GOTO :EOF

Here is the output:

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>set _MyVariable="C:\Program Files\ss64\"

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>CALL :dequote _MyVariable

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>SET _DeQuoteVar=_MyVariable

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>CALL SET _DeQuoteString=%!_DeQuoteVar!%

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>IF [!_DeQuoteString:~0,1!] == ["] (IF [!_DeQuoteString:~-1!
] == ["] (SET _DeQuoteString=!_DeQuoteString:~1,-1! )  ELSE (GOTO :EOF ) )  ELSE
 (GOTO :EOF )

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>echo "C:\Program Files\ss64\"
"C:\Program Files\ss64\"

C:\PROGRA~1\SEPROG~1>goto :EOF

Looks like it is not removing the quotes...

Please help?


Thanks.