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Text - String data type in DOS
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Replace
When you want to use the time, you will get colon that you can't use in a file name. To overcome this problem, you can replace the colon with an underscore.
set theTime=%time%
echo theTime
15:04:31.11
:: Replace : with _
echo %theTime::=_%
15_04_31.11
Slice
The slice operation syntax is:
%myVariable:~indexFirst,numberOfLetters %
where:
- the ~ tilde indicates the slice function
- indexFirst indicates the position of the first letters (It can be negative)
- numberOfLetters indicates the number of letters (It can be negative)
Example:
set theTime=%time%
echo %theTime%
15:12:16.36
- Extracting the substring from the third position with 2 letters length.
echo %theTime:~3,2%
12
- Removing the last three characters (From the beginning to the end minus three characters)
echo %theTime:~,-3%
15:12:16
- Removing the first three characters:
echo %theTime:~3%
12:16.36
- Extracting the last three character
echo %theTime:~-3%
.36