title: how to combine two variables in cmd.exe script
body: <p>In a cmd.exe script on Windows 7, I want to combine two variables to set a third.</p>
  
  <p>Eg. (which doesn't work)</p>
  
  <pre><code>SET THIRD=%FIRST%%SECOND%
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I do this ?</p>
  
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  <p>Apologies to everyone who even looked at this question.  The example above works perfectly and I cannot reproduce the problem I was having.  Thanks for pointing out my error.</p>