cannot understand how to concatenate 2 string in a batch file using for loop

Question

I have 2 string in windows batch file and I want the n element from the first list will be assign to the n element from the second list

I want:

1A
2B
3C

what I've done is this:

FOR %%A IN (1 2 3) DO FOR %%B IN (A B C) DO ECHO %%A=%%B

but this create

1A
1B
1C

2A
2B
2C
.
.
.

which is clearly not what i need... Thanks

elzooilogico · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-23 11:37:07Z

2

as edit seems not to be posted, try this

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set /A COUNTER=1
FOR %%A IN (A B C) DO (
  ECHO %%A!COUNTER!
  set /A COUNTER+=1
)
endlocal

answered Jun 23, 2016 at 11:37

elzooilogico

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question added in the post above

Deleted my post since this one is better. Thanks @elzooilogico for the edit though ;)