Comments on: help writing this short script in windows shell scripting? http://dwarfprinting.com/112/help-writing-this-short-script-in-windows-shell-scripting/ Big Printing For Little Companies Sat, 19 May 2012 01:55:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ken B http://dwarfprinting.com/112/help-writing-this-short-script-in-windows-shell-scripting/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Ken B Mon, 25 May 2009 15:03:42 +0000 http://dwarfprinting.com/112/help-writing-this-short-script-in-windows-shell-scripting/#comment-278 Windows batch files don't have typed variables. The best you could do would be something like this, which depends on valid input from the user. @echo off set /p first=First number: set /p second=Second number: set /a sum=%first% + %second% echo Sum = %sum% - kb - Windows batch files don't have typed variables. The best you could do would be something like this, which depends on valid input from the user.

@echo off
set /p first=First number:
set /p second=Second number:
set /a sum=%first% + %second%
echo Sum = %sum%

- kb -

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