Win XP SP.3

Can the Shift command be used when setting environment variables in the command environment from the LOCAL environment? A code snippet is shown below and I'd like to Shift the variables, if that is possible, instead of using the SET command underlined===== I've tried various combinations without success.

I have attached the full script and emphasize that this is a work-in-progress, at this time I only need INFORMATION about Shift(ing).

Thanks guys.

Code: [Select]:: Calculate elapsed time
call :Elapsed %StartHour% %StartMins% %StartSecs% %StopHour% %StopMins% ^
%StopSecs% Hours Minutes Seconds


:: Calculate elapsed time and set environment variables in the command
:: shell environment
:Elapsed
setlocal
set /a ElapsedSecs=3600*%4+60*%5+%6-(3600*%1+60*%2+%3)
if %ElapsedSecs% LSS 0 set /a ElapsedSecs=%ElapsedSecs%+24*3600
set /a h=(%ElapsedSecs%/3600)
set /a m=(%ElapsedSecs%/60)-60*%h%
set /a s=%ElapsedSecs%-60*(%ElapsedSecs%/60)
endlocal&set %7=%h%&set %8=%m%&set %9=%s%&set Elsecs=%ElapsedSecs%&goto :EOF
:: ================

[recovering disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]shift replaces %1 with %2 etc
not variblesThe shift command. It is used to process a list of items where you process a few items from left end of the list and then you do a shift and process a few more items and do a shift in process a few more items and so on.
I don't know that this will help or not. Here is a very simple shift that is only for the purpose of showing what the shift does.

Code: [Select]set AA=one
set BB=two
set CC=three
set DD=four
CALL :SEEME %AA% %BB% %CC% %DD%
GOTO END
:SEEME
ECHO %1 %2
SHIFT
ECHO %1 %2
SHIFT
ECHO %1 %2
:END
Quote from: Valerie

....I'd like to Shift the variables....

shift replaces %1 with %2 etc not varibles