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Display First and Last string entries stored in a variable using windows cmd.exe

I have a variable(MyVar) with values stored in it. For example -->

MyVar="123, 234, 345, 456"

Each entry in the variable is separated by a coma as in the example. I want to be able to pick the first and last entry from this variable, i.e 123 and 456 respectively.

Any idea how I can achieve this using windows cmd.exe ?

Thanks!

Solution 
  • set "first="
set "last="
for %%a in (%myvar%) do set "last=%%a"&if not defined first set "first=%%a"
echo first=%first% last=%last%