Windows – Evaluating expressions in windows batch script

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This one could turn out as the dumbest question ever, as I am probably missing out the obvious. Anyway, here it is: Can you evaluate expressions in a batch script. For example, I want to add two numbers and print the result:

echo 4+2

This will just print "4+2", not "6". Maybe I am taking batch scripting on windows a little bit too far…

Thanks!

Best Answer

This way:

Set /a 4+2

Or to store it in a variable for later:

Set /a foo = 4+2
echo %foo%

And to answer your last line, there is a good chance that you may be pushing batch a little further than intended. The Windows Script host is available on your machine and would allow VBScript or JScript. Also if you are going to learn something new anyway I would highly suggest using Powershell instead.

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Windows – Adding numbers stored in variables in windows batch script

You really should move away from Batch files.

@echo off

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set x=100
set result=0

for /L %%i in (1,1,5) do (

  set /A result=!x! + %%i

  echo !result!
)

endlocal

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