Trying to get the last token in a file string but getting delimiter=\" was unexpected at this time

Question

I'm not sure what is going wrong. I've been trying to follow code examples that I've found from other's that were asking a question along what I'm trying to do, and even have followed what the answers have said, and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

SET mypath=%~dp0
SET mypath=%mypath:~0,-1%

echo Selected Text file = %mypath%
SET STRING=%mypath%
echo %STRING%
pause
FOR /f "tokens=3* delimiters=\" %%i in ("%STRING%") do (
SET VAR= %%i
echo %%i
echo %VAR%
)
pause

the error that I get is that delimiters=\" was unexpected at this time.

Type `for /?` in command prompt to see the correct syntax/spelling of the option keywords... — aschipfl, Mar 18 '16 at 23:30

npocmaka · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-18T21:59:11.223

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batch scripting language is not exactly the Shakespere's language

FOR /f "tokens=3* delims=\" %%i in ("%STRING%") do (

And as Dennis van Gils mentioned in the comments you need delayed expansion:

setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
SET mypath=%~dp0
SET mypath=%mypath:~0,-1%

echo Selected Text file = %mypath%
SET STRING=%mypath%
echo %STRING%
pause
FOR /f "tokens=3* delims=\" %%i in ("%STRING%") do (
  SET VAR=%%i
  echo %%i
  echo !VAR!
)
pause

edited Mar 18 '16 at 21:59

answered Mar 18 '16 at 21:42

npocmaka

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You should maybe mention that his echo still won't work because of delayed Expansion – Dennis van Gils Mar 18 '16 at 21:42
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@DennisvanGils - yep.One moment please. I have a pancake in the pan and it's not smelling good... – npocmaka Mar 18 '16 at 21:44
Ok. I wasn't sure if delayed expansion was needed or not based on the examples that I looked up of this on stackoverflow (specifically this one http://stackoverflow.com/questions/280969/windows-batch-loop-over-folder-string-and-parse-out-last-folder-name) – Thomas Morse Mar 18 '16 at 22:00
Still getting that delimiter=\" was unexpected at this time. error. :S – Thomas Morse Mar 18 '16 at 22:03
@ThomasMorse - try now.Forgot to delete `iter` from the second excerpt. – npocmaka Mar 18 '16 at 22:04
@npocmaka and, how did the pancake turn out? – Dennis van Gils Mar 18 '16 at 22:15
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@npocmaka A moment of silence for our fallen brother (`press any key to continue . . .`) – Dennis van Gils Mar 18 '16 at 22:25

Trying to get the last token in a file string but getting delimiter=\" was unexpected at this time

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