SoBe8503

Hello again,

Is it possible to take a list of words from one text file and use each one as a variable in a batch file??

Right now I'm doing something like this...


Echo %1 %2 %3

so in the command prompt I have to type each variable in after the batch file name (C:\>test.bat var1 var2 var3 etc.)

So instead of typing the variables, the text file would provide them for me.

Am I even making sense?

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SoBe8503

I got it!
Put the default arguments into a file with the same name as the batch and extension arg

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C-bro

Very helpful. Is this possible in other languages? Something where you could could have a text file containing:

int x = 5;
double y = 3;

And have a program read those lines as if they were in the code themselves? I would imagine not, since the code gets compiled and built before running, but I guess I can hope.

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dangerousHobo

I know you can do it in other languages like perl and ruby, where you can have it go through a whole file of number or whatever, and it'll use them like args.

file would be something simple like:
5
10
12.2
Some text
4
56
etc...

Something similar could be done in java using args[#]. If its a mix of primitive types though it'd become harder b/c everything would have to be a string and if you need something to act like a number then you'd have to parse it. Where in something like perl it converts between string and numbers depending on how its being used, so its a much easier process in a high level language like that.

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