SoFunction
Updated on 2025-04-10

Method for implementing BAT batch judgment directory in %Path%

There seems to be no beautiful approach, so we can only divide %Path% by semicolon and then compare it one by one.

:InPath [In]Path [Out]0/1
SETLOCAL
SET LocalPathCopy=%PATH%
SET Result=0
:WHILE
IF "%LocalPathCopy" == "" GOTO WEND
FOR /F "delims=;" %%I IN ("%LocalPathCopy%") DO (
  IF /I "%%~I" == "%~1" (
    SET Result=1
    GOTO WEND
  )
)
FOR /F "delims=; tokens=1,*" %%I IN ("%LocalPathCopy%") DO (
  SET LocalPathCopy=%%~J
)
GOTO WHILE
 
:WEND
 
:InPathRet
ENDLOCAL & SET %2=%Result% & GOTO :EOF

How to use:

SET x=C:\Windows
Call :InPath %x% Result
IF %Result% == 0 SET Path=%Path%;%x%