setting environmental variable in windows using cmd

Question

To start the my project in windows i have to set the java environmental variable in cmd using below command

set JAVA_HOME = D:\\Java\\jdk1.7.0

Answer 1

The set command is aware of spaces. When you issue the command

set JAVA_HOME = D:\Java\jdk1.7.0

you actually set the variable JAVA_HOME␣ to value ␣D:\Java\jdk1.7.0. Note the spaces: ␣!

You can check it using the following way:

> echo [%JAVA_HOME%]
[%JAVA_HOME%]
> echo [%JAVA_HOME %]
[ D:\Java\jdk1.7.0]

The brackets are included in order to highlight spaces, they are not important by themselves.