How would I insert a variable previously established in a batch file into a text file. I have the inserting text into a text file down, i just cant figure out the insertion of a variable.
What I am doing
SET name = "Casey"
ECHO "Hey" + name > file.txt
The result
"Hey" + name
What I want
"Hey Casey"
You should do it like this:
SET name=Casey
ECHO "Hey %name%" > file.txt
Note that there is no spaces before and after the = in
name=Casey
Too bad syntax, you need to forget other programming languages, this is Batch.
First you can't use spaces when assing values to variables, this is the way to do it:
SET "name=Casey"
Also you can do this:
SET "name= Casey"
Second Batch don't have ANY concatenate operator for strings, forget + and &, & is for concatenating commands.
So this is the correct syntax:
SET "name=Casey"
(ECHO Hey %name%)> "file.txt"
Try to use () agrupation operators when Echo a numeric ending string like "MyName 2", to avoid problems in large scripts with Batch redirections.
