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ENVIRON$

Returns an entry from the MS-DOS environment.

Syntax

v$=ENVIRON$(entry_string)

or

v$=ENVIRON$(n)

Comments

The MS-DOS SET command allows you to set and display environment strings from the MS-DOS prompt.

The first form of ENVIRON$ allows your program to access the value of an environment variable. The name of the desired environment variable is entry_string.

The second form of ENVIRON$ allows your program to access the nth environment string.

If the specified entry does not exist, ENVIRON$ returns a null string.

Examples

PRINT ENVIRON$("PATH")

i = 1
DO WHILE ENVIRON$(i) <> ""
  PRINT ENVIRON$(i)
  i = i + 1
LOOP

See Also

• ENVIRON