Batch file for loop through switch-like arguments?

Question

I\'m trying to loop through the arguments that I am passing to a batch file. Based on the argument, I want to set a variable flag true or false for use later in the script

Answer 1

You're not too far off on your original piece, and since I dislike GOTO loops, I thought I'd post this:

FOR %%a IN (%*) DO (
  IF /I "%%a"=="/u" SET UPDATE=Y
  IF /I "%%a"=="/p" SET PRIMARY=Y
  IF /I "%%a"=="/s" SET SECONDARY=Y
)

The reason it was only working with one parameter is the over-use of quotes. By putting %* in quotes you were making the entire commandline one single token. also, the /F variant of FOR isn't what you were looking for either. The documentation available from FOR /? should help clear things up.