Batch - If, ElseIf, Else
@echo off
set "language=de"
IF "%language%" == "de" (
goto languageDE
) ELSE (
IF "%language%" == "en" (
goto languageEN
) ELSE (
echo Not found.
)
)
:languageEN
:languageDE
echo %language%
This works , but not sure how your language variable is defined.Does it have spaces in its definition.
@echo off
title Test
echo Select a language. (de/en)
set /p language=
IF /i "%language%"=="de" goto languageDE
IF /i "%language%"=="en" goto languageEN
echo Not found.
goto commonexit
:languageDE
echo German
goto commonexit
:languageEN
echo English
goto commonexit
:commonexit
pause
The point is that batch simply continues through instructions, line by line until it reaches a goto
, exit
or end-of-file. It has no concept of sections
to control flow.
Hence, entering de
would jump to :languagede
then simply continue executing instructions until the file ends, showing de
then en
then not found
.
batchfiles perform simple string substitution with variables. so, a simple
goto :language%language%
echo notfound
...
does this without any need for if.