r/batch keatonfairey -- 2018-10-01

:: reddit.bat
:: Author:      u/JustAnotherITUser
:: Date:        2018-10-01

@echo off
:: While the following isn't strictly necessary, I'd recommend enabling it
:: manually when you're going to use set flags like "/p"
setlocal enableextensions

:: Your issue is here.
:: See the first double-quote here:
::          V
::set /p id="Enter the 5 digit store number: "
::
::
:: with set /p, set /a, etc; you need to quote the entire expression:
set /p "id=Enter the 5 digit store number: "
echo.
echo The Store Number entered was %id%
set id=%id%
echo.


ping *%id%** @pause\