Hi Guys,

In Unix land I can easily format VARIABLES by using the 'typeset' operator, however I'm at a loss to know if I can achieve the same in DOS.

As an example:
My variable listing count will NEVER reach +99.
So I'd like to prefix numbers 1 thru 9 with a 0 (zero) to keep reporting neat.
01
02
03
...
08
09

Is this possible in DOS ??

Cheers,
Cameronyes - and no
there are no simple commands, but check out the SET command, you could prepend a 0 then take the rightmost 2 digits

GrahamThanks for the response Graham.

Unfortunately that doesn't do the trick ....

Tried a number of variations with no success.

C:\>set /a var2=%VAR1:~2,2%+1
1
C:\>set var
var1=01
var2=1

C:\>set /a var2=00%var1%+1
2
C:\>set var2=00%var2%

C:\>set /a var2=00%var1%+1
2
C:\>set var
var1=01
var2=2

C:\>set var2=00%var2%

C:\>vbscript.
Code: [Select]For i=0 To 99
WScript.Echo Right(String(2,"0") & i, 2)
next
Try this test :
Code: [Select]for /l %%a in (1,1,15) do call :doit %%a
goto :EOF

:doit
set test=0%1
echo %test:~-2%
GrahamMany thanks gpl,

That's done the trick.
Darn my memory sucks.

Thanks also to Graham and ghostdog74 for your suggestions.

Cheers,
Cameron