environment variable syntax

[fpefpe]

I know I must be missing something here but why does

echo %programfiles(x86) show c::\program files(x86)

but if I set

set foo(bar)=1

echo %foo(bar) show (bar)

 

[Charles Dye]

Rex is special-casing the PROGRAMFILES(X86) variable. TCC does not generally support parentheses in variable names; that one gets special treatment. Oh, and it looks like COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86) too.

If you really want to use parentheses in variable names, enclose the name in brackets:

echo %[foo(bar)]

 

[fpefpe]

Rex is special-casing the PROGRAMFILES(X86) variable. TCC does not generally support parentheses in variable names; that one gets special treatment. Oh, and it looks like COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86) too.

If you really want to use parentheses in variable names, enclose the name in brackets:

echo %[foo(bar)]

yes --- that is what I been doing .--- %[foo(bar)]