通过使用CALL, EXIT /B, SETLOCAL和ENDLOCAL可以实现带有局部变量的子例程。

例子:

@echo off

set x=xxxxx
call :sub 10
echo %x%
exit /b

:sub
setlocal
set /a x=%1 + 1
echo %x%
endlocal
exit /b

这将打印

11
xxxxx

尽管:sub修改了x。

一个非常古老(大约1990年)的技巧来获得环境变量的总大小:

set > test
dir test
del test

softwarejedi已经提到了for命令，但我将再次提到它，因为它非常强大。

下面以YYYYMMDD格式输出当前日期，我在生成备份目录时使用此格式。

for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/- " %a in ('DATE/T') do echo %c%b%a

列出所有驱动器:

fsutil fsinfo drives

调用集——将环境变量展开几个层次。

在http://ss64.com/nt/call.html#advanced从另一个SO问题的答案中发现这个批处理文件变量在for循环中初始化

set VarName=Param
set Param=This

call set Answer=%%%Varname%%%
Echo %Answer%

给了

set VarName=Param
set Param=This
call set Answer=%Param%
Echo This
This

抽取随机的文本行

@echo off

:: Get time (alas, it's only HH:MM xM

for /f %%a in ('time /t') do set zD1=%%a



:: Get last digit of MM

set zD2=%zD1:~4,1%



:: Seed the randomizer, if needed

if not defined zNUM1 set /a zNUM1=%zD2%


:: Get a kinda random number

set /a zNUM1=zNUM1 * 214013 + 2531011

set /a zNUM2=zNUM1 ^>^> 16 ^& 0x7fff


:: Pull off the first digit

:: (Last digit would be better, but it's late, and I'm tired)

set zIDX=%zNUM2:~0,1%


:: Map it down to 0-3

set /a zIDX=zIDX/3


:: Finally, we can set do some proper initialization

set /a zIIDX=0

set zLO=

set zLL=""


:: Step through each line in the file, looking for line zIDX

for /f "delims=@" %%a in (c:\lines.txt) do call :zoo  %zIDX%  %%a


:: If line zIDX wasn't found, we'll settle for zee LastLine

if "%zLO%"=="" set zLO=%zLL%

goto awdun


:: See if the current line is line zIDX

:zoo


:: Save string of all parms

set zALL=%*


:: Strip off the first parm (sure hope lines aren't longer than 254 chars)

set zWORDS=%zALL:~2,255%


:: Make this line zee LastLine

set zLL=%zWORDS%


:: If this is the line we're looking for, make it zee LineOut

if {%1}=={%zIIDX%} set zLO=%zWORDS%


:: Keep track of line numbers

set /a zIIDX=%zIIDX% + 1

goto :eof




:awdun

echo ==%zLO%==


:: Be socially responsible

set zALL=

set zD1=

set zD2=

set zIDX=

set zIIDX=

set zLL=

set zLO=

:: But don't mess with seed

::set zNUM1=

set zNUM2=

set zWORDS=