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Can anyone please explain exactly how the following code works, line by line. I'm really lost. I've been trying to learn how to use the FOR command but I don't understand this.
@echo off
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%f in (myfile) do (
set line=%%f
call :processToken
goto :eof
:processToken
for /f "tokens=1* delims=/" %%a in ("%line%") do (
echo Got one token: %%a
set line=%%b
if not "%line%" == "" goto :processToken
goto :eof
is the start of the subroutine mentioned above.
for /f "tokens=1* delims=/" %%a in ("%line%") do
will then split the line at /, but stopping tokenization after the first token.
echo Got one token: %%a
will output that first token and
set line=%%b
will set the line variable to the rest of the line.
if not "%line%" == "" goto :processToken
And if line isn't yet empty (i.e. all tokens processed), it returns to the start, continuing with the rest of the line.
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