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In article <8k-rv8c@lynx.unm.edu> graves@jemez.eece.unm.edu (John Graves) writes:
>I'm frustrated...
>
>Is it just me, or is DOS Batch worthless.?..
>
>Is there a way to read input from a user(More than 1 char) and put
>it into a var?
>
>I have Norton Batch Enhancer, but this isn't much of an enhancement.
>
>Is there a way to extract characters from a variable? ie array $1[5]?


There are three excellent programs (two of which were written by one of 
my best friends).  The first is called BATENV; it prompts the user for
data which it stores in an environment variable (it does some other
neat things too).  Next is BATGET which sets an errorlevel based on
user input.  BATGET accepts single chars or words from a list.  BATGET
is MUCH more powerful than ASK.  Finally there is some other program
out there called STRINGS (I don't know who wrote it).  STRINGS
can parse environment vars for substrings.  BATENV and BATGET (written
by my friend) should be available via CompuServe.  I will ask my
friends permission to post them to some place like Splicer.  Sorry I
forgot where I got STRINGS, but it's probably on Splicer
(splicer.cba.hawaii.edu) or WuArchive (wuarchive.wustl.edu).
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