Numbering text files in a folder

Question

I have some text files placed in the same folder as a batch file. I need the batch file to echo the filenames without its extention line by line with a numbering. It has to

Answer 1

@echo off
setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
set counter=0
for /f %%a in ('dir /b /a:-d /o:n *.txt') do (
    set /a counter=counter+1
    echo !counter! ^) %%~na
    set "fruit!counter!=%%~na"
)

echo listing fruits
set fruit