@echo off
title Spacing chalenge
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
::In response to Icarus's spacing challenge
::By Jahwi
::Another fun challenge.
:a
cls
set /p input=Enter String:
set space=
set spacex=
set v=
::determine the number of letters in the string
echo !input!>!temp!\string.txt
for %%? in (!temp!\string.txt) do ( set /a strlength=%%~z? - 2 )
if !strlength! GTR 41 echo Invalid Input&&goto :a
::determine if length is even or odd and do stuff
set /a tmpa=!strlength!/2
set /a tmpb=!tmpa!*2
if not "!tmpb!"=="!strlength!" set v=-1
set /a tmpspace=41-!strlength!
set /a spaceb=(!tmpspace!/2)!v!
if "!tmpb!"=="!strlength!" (
set /a spacec=!spaceb!-1
)
for /l %%a in (1,1,!spaceb!) do (
set space=!space!
)
if not "!tmpb!"=="!strlength!" set spacex=!space!
if "!tmpb!"=="!strlength!" (
for /l %%b in (1,1,!spacec!) do (
set spacex=!spacex!
)
)
set variable=!input!
::if "!strlength!"=="
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echo #########################################
pause
goto :a