MS-DOS String Parsing

[Yegg]

I'm pretty sure this is the correct forum section for this topic. I'm working on a small project in MS-DOS, and I need to split the input given by a user into separate strings, to better clarify this, I would like to declare each character in the string with its own variable. Is DOS capable of reading the 1st character of a string, the 2nd character of a string, the 3rd, and so on. So for instance, can you simply echo back the 4th character of the string that was input by the user? Or is this impossible?

[Kp]

Sure.

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getc(); getc(); getc();
c = getc();
printf ("%c", c);


[Yegg]

Thanks for the very complex response, it was so big and informative I wasn't sure if I could read the whole thing. Anyone else?

[Maddox]

This reminds me of another recent thread.

[Warrior]

Yegg, we have different definitions of Complex it seems </melaughingatsarcasmovertheinternet>

[Kp]

Thanks for the very complex response, it was so big and informative I wasn't sure if I could read the whole thing. Anyone else?

Well, if you're going to be writing MS-DOS code, you need to keep it simple.  Remember the memory limit.  So, I gave you simple code.

[Newby]

Specify the language.

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

That would help...

[Yegg]

Kp, I believe that "Sure", is not a valid answer in this case... The language is just DOS, I don't see what else you want to know unless it is the version of it, which doesn't seem to matter in this case. Also, I found a link that solved my problem.

[Kp]

The "Sure" was just an affirmation that you can do it.  The code was a demonstration of how to grab out (and echo) the fourth character.  DOS isn't a language; it's an operating system (specifically, the Disk Operating System!).

[Newby]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess he wants it in batch.

[MyndFyre]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess he wants it in batch.

That would make a lot of difference.  When you post in the "General Programming" forum, and then talk about variables, people expect that you're talking about a programming language.

DOS is not a language, as Kp pointed out, and IMO "batch programming" is something of a misnomer.

[Mangix]

i believe one language of DOS is BASIC which is what VB was based on. and its the language which my dad is an expert on since he used to program in DOS.

and yes DOS isnt a Programming Language as all these people said.

[effect]

he used to program in DOS.

yes DOS isnt a Programming Language.

Your such a moron u make me cry!

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

DOS is an OS, not a language.  That being said, DOS is not a language.  But DOS is an operating system.  Is it clear yet?  I think so.  Batch isn't a very good "language" to program in, because you need to call in a LOT of dependencies to make a large program.  Making a batch bot won't be very fun (or easy), and the code for it gets VERY messy VERY fast, trust me, I've tried.  Also, making a bot for DOS, which isn't a language, it's an operating system, specifically for Disks, is hard because batch isn't a very good "language" to program yet, especially for an operating system like DOS, which isn't a language.