win32 shell scripting - define set of strings and loop over it

Question

I have this 'win32 shell scipt' (?):

FOR %%filename IN (*.txt) DO (
...
)

I would like to replace the set (*.txt) with a set of strings defined as variable at the beginning of the script. Could someone please point me to the appropriate documentation of 'win32 shell scipt' or even better provide some 'code'?

Check this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1707058/how-to-split-a-string-in-a-windows-batch-file — Adriano Repetti, Jul 23 '14 at 15:25
This helped thanks. Do you know how to use strings that contain spaces? — cs0815, Jul 23 '14 at 16:10
Provide some of the strings in your question, to help us provide working code. — foxidrive, Jul 23 '14 at 16:14
Just use a different delimiter (`delims` option in `FOR`). You may use, for example, a comma or a semicolon. — Adriano Repetti, Jul 23 '14 at 16:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '14 at 16:45

Not clear the requirements, but, as requested, some code

@echo off
  setlocal enableextensions disabledelayedexpansion

  :: the normal strings
  set "var1=one"
  set "var2=this is a test"
  set "var3=two"

  :: a set of files
  set "var4=*.cmd"

  for %%a in ("%var1%" "%var2%" "%var3%" "%var4%") do echo %%a, %%~a

And, of course, you should see for /?

win32 shell scripting - define set of strings and loop over it

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