DOCUMENT:Q36605  17-DEC-2000  [msdos]
TITLE   :Environment Variable Trailing Spaces Not Truncated
PRODUCT :Microsoft Disk Operating System
PROD/VER:MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0,5.0a,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.21, 3.3, 3.3a, 4.0, 4.01, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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When setting environment variables, the following commands produce different
environment variables:

   SET FIRST=one
   SET FIRST =two

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The command SET now displays the following (along with all the other environment
variables):

   FIRST=one
   FIRST =two

Trailing spaces are not removed from the environment variable that is being set.
The variables are fully functional and may be addressed in batch files by using
the same syntax when referring to the variable. For example, the following line

   echo %FIRST %

will print the word "two" on the screen.

Additional query words: 6.22 3.00 3.10 3.20 3.30 3.30A 4.00 5.00 6.00

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS321 kbMSDOS400 kbMSDOS320 kbMSDOS330a kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS310 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS330 kbMSDOS401 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0,5.0a,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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