How to extract part of a string between 2 delimiters, in Windows batch file?

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I have a variable length string starting with START and ending with END as delimiters.



I want to extract the string between START and END.
I tried doing



SET _result=%String:~6,-4%
ECHO %_result%



Its removing the first 5 characters but not the last 3 characters as I want.



Suppose, _result=STARTblahblahblahEND
I am getting the output as blahblahblahEND



What I want is:-
blahblahblah










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  • take a look at this post: stackoverflow.com/questions/36630524/…

    – Mark Deven
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I have a variable length string starting with START and ending with END as delimiters.



I want to extract the string between START and END.
I tried doing



SET _result=%String:~6,-4%
ECHO %_result%



Its removing the first 5 characters but not the last 3 characters as I want.



Suppose, _result=STARTblahblahblahEND
I am getting the output as blahblahblahEND



What I want is:-
blahblahblah










share|improve this question























  • take a look at this post: stackoverflow.com/questions/36630524/…

    – Mark Deven
    Sep 1 '18 at 19:48














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I have a variable length string starting with START and ending with END as delimiters.



I want to extract the string between START and END.
I tried doing



SET _result=%String:~6,-4%
ECHO %_result%



Its removing the first 5 characters but not the last 3 characters as I want.



Suppose, _result=STARTblahblahblahEND
I am getting the output as blahblahblahEND



What I want is:-
blahblahblah










share|improve this question














I have a variable length string starting with START and ending with END as delimiters.



I want to extract the string between START and END.
I tried doing



SET _result=%String:~6,-4%
ECHO %_result%



Its removing the first 5 characters but not the last 3 characters as I want.



Suppose, _result=STARTblahblahblahEND
I am getting the output as blahblahblahEND



What I want is:-
blahblahblah







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  • take a look at this post: stackoverflow.com/questions/36630524/…

    – Mark Deven
    Sep 1 '18 at 19:48



















  • take a look at this post: stackoverflow.com/questions/36630524/…

    – Mark Deven
    Sep 1 '18 at 19:48

















take a look at this post: stackoverflow.com/questions/36630524/…

– Mark Deven
Sep 1 '18 at 19:48





take a look at this post: stackoverflow.com/questions/36630524/…

– Mark Deven
Sep 1 '18 at 19:48










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You could use the substring options. Would something like the below work?



SET TEXT=STARTblahblahblahEND
SET SUBSTRING=%TEXT:~5,-3%
echo %SUBSTRING%





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  • Or switch to PowerShell ;)

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    Jan 17 '14 at 17:32











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You could use the substring options. Would something like the below work?



SET TEXT=STARTblahblahblahEND
SET SUBSTRING=%TEXT:~5,-3%
echo %SUBSTRING%





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  • Or switch to PowerShell ;)

    – Julian Knight
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You could use the substring options. Would something like the below work?



SET TEXT=STARTblahblahblahEND
SET SUBSTRING=%TEXT:~5,-3%
echo %SUBSTRING%





share|improve this answer
























  • Or switch to PowerShell ;)

    – Julian Knight
    Jan 17 '14 at 17:32














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You could use the substring options. Would something like the below work?



SET TEXT=STARTblahblahblahEND
SET SUBSTRING=%TEXT:~5,-3%
echo %SUBSTRING%





share|improve this answer













You could use the substring options. Would something like the below work?



SET TEXT=STARTblahblahblahEND
SET SUBSTRING=%TEXT:~5,-3%
echo %SUBSTRING%






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  • Or switch to PowerShell ;)

    – Julian Knight
    Jan 17 '14 at 17:32



















  • Or switch to PowerShell ;)

    – Julian Knight
    Jan 17 '14 at 17:32

















Or switch to PowerShell ;)

– Julian Knight
Jan 17 '14 at 17:32





Or switch to PowerShell ;)

– Julian Knight
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