ERRORLEVEL inside IF

Question

Just stumbled into a weird thing with %ERRORLEVEL% and wanted to see if anyone knows why and if there\'s a way to fix it. Essentially, it seems as if commands e

Answer 1

if errorlevel works without delayed expansion but works in manner similar to

if %errorlevel% <= Some_Value ... :

@echo off

::sets errorlevel to 0
(call )
if "1" == "1" (
    rem sets errorlevel to 5
    cmd /c exit 5
    if errorlevel 4 echo this will be printed
    if errorlevel 5 echo this will be printed
    rem :::: you can use this ::::::::::::::
    if errorlevel 5 if not errorlevel 6 echo this will be printed ONLY when the errorlevel is 5
    rem :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    if errorlevel 6 echo this will not be printed

)

Answer 2

Try using setlocal enabledelayedexpansion at the start of your batch file, and !ERRORLEVEL! inside your IF. This seems to work for me:

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
dir nul
echo %ERRORLEVEL%
if .1.==.1. (
  urklbkrlksdj - not a command
  echo %ERRORLEVEL%
  echo !ERRORLEVEL!
)