Batch File Choice Command (XP Home)

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I’ve been trying to use the “choice” batch command, but it seems that it is not available in XP. Also, I must have forgotten all I knew about batch files, as I can’t remember how to implement a simple Y/N conditional function. I would appreciate any help.

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Choice is not available in Windows XP indeed. See Microsoft Windows XP – Command-line reference A-Z. There is a section about batch files.

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You have (at least!) two choices [tee-hee]!

Either copy CHOICE.EXE from a previous version of Windows into a directory in the standard path (e.g. Windows or WindowsSystem32), and use it like you ued to,
or investigate the SET /P command, ‘recently’ introduced. Here’s a clunky BATch file to demonstrate:

@echo off
:loop
set /p answer="Reply Y or N to this question  "
if /i "%answer%"=="Y" echo Chuck said Yes! & goto replyyes
if /i "%answer%"=="N" echo Chuck said No!  & goto replyno
goto loop

:replyyes   Here do what you wish for a Y answer

:replyno    Here do what you wish for a N answer

To find out more, do SET /? and/or IF /? in a Command Prompt window. There are various other BATch file sites on the internet I can point you at, but Hans’ link has more-or-less what you get from the /? commands I suggested!

John

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Thanks for the advice. I’ll give it a shot.

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I’m guessing there are a lot of us who don’t know much about the post-DOS 6.2 enhancements. Your post was pretty much all news to me, and potentially handy news at that. Thanks for the clear example.

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If you want a glimpse of the future follow some of the links at Monad Search Results. Scripting: Monad: The Future of Windows Scripting — TechNet Magazine, November

--Joe

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