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It's strange. The code did work fine, and now suddenly it's not. Must be something about my computer. I'll have a look.
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It's strange. The code did work fine, and now suddenly it's not. Must be something about my computer. I'll have a look.

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Can you post the actual script where that code is executing, maybe we can spot something that could cause a problem.<br />
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<i>~bp</i>
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Can you post the actual script where that code is executing, maybe we can spot something that could cause a problem.

~bp

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I think it's actually a problem with my command prompt program.
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I think it's actually a problem with my command prompt program.

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<pre><code id="code-10-28705418-1">set x=1234
@echo x=%x%
set result=%x:~-2%</code></pre>
My result is:<br />
set x=1234<br />
x=1234<br />
set result=<br />
<br />
and my result is blank.
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My result is:
set x=1234
x=1234
set result=

and my result is blank.

Extracting the last two digits of a number

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