Searching substring in the string - unexpected at this time

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I'm trying to determine if option is define statement/option for the VC compiler (/DSOME_OPTION=1 e.g.). Here is the part of options handling loop, which return error "Unexpected at this time: =option.". I've used search substring solution from StackOverflow: Batch file: Find if substring is in string (not in a file)

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
:loop
if not "%~1"=="" (
    rem all defines
    set "option=%~1"
    if x%option:/D=%==x%option% (
        set DEFINE_STR=%DEFINE_STR% %~1
        echo "DEFINE_STR=%DEFINE_STR%"
        pause
    )
    shift
    goto :loop
)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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try this:

@echo off

setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set "DEFINE_STR="
:loop
if not "%~1"=="" (
    rem all defines
    set "option=%~1"
    if "!option:/D=!" == "!option!" (
        set "DEFINE_STR=!DEFINE_STR! %~1"
        echo "DEFINE_STR=!DEFINE_STR!"
        pause
    )
    shift
    goto :loop
)
endlocal

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Dec 11 '13 at 18:12

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do you have a brackets in `%1` ? – npocmaka Dec 11 '13 at 18:18
@AntonKochkov you also need delayed expansion because you are changing a variable in a brackets...Check my update – npocmaka Dec 11 '13 at 18:24

Searching substring in the string - unexpected at this time

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