Windows Batch: acessing variables from inside FOR loop -

im trying rather elementary thing in dos batch:

@echo off set _sets=^ ro:111:rondonia,^ ac:112:acre,^ am:113:amazonas,^ rr:114:roraima set _family_name=myfamily %%i in (%_sets%) (     echo %%i ----- %_family_name% ) 

output:

ro:111:rondonia ----- ac:112:acre ----- am:113:amazonas ----- rr:114:roraima ----- 

after ----- supposed appear "myfamily", instead nothing appears.

how access variables set outside loop within it? have no idea why _family_name variable not visible inside loop. i'm new batch scripts. i'm used c++ , java programming, thinking not apply batch realm.

i need split string triplets "aa:nnn:aaaaaa" 3 individual variables. tried come nested loop, couldn't tackle problem.

the example made simple clarity. actual batch more complex that. have access 10-12 variables within loop. please consider aspect before answering. in advance.

if _family_name being set within (outer) loop, you'll need enable delayed expansion this:

@echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion  ...   set foo=bar   ...     echo !foo!   ) ) 

note access variable !exclamations! instead of %percents% there.