Multiply a variable by 10

[gamerx365]

This is making me so mad. Working on Eternal Death Slayer, I'm trying to add alliance selection, which will either multiply your life or armor by 10. It will multiply my life by 10 if life value wasn't changed before the selection, but that's all it will do. any hints?

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:allianceselect
CLS
ECHO Choose your alliance:
ECHO.
ECHO 1) Good
ECHO 2) Evil
ECHO.
set /p alliance=
ECHO alliance>%alliance%.alliance
ECHO alliance>alliance
IF '%class%'=='1' SET alliancename=Good
IF '%class%'=='2' SET alliancename=Evil
IF '%class%'=='1' SET /A life=10 * %life%
IF '%class%'=='2' SET /A armor=10 * %armor%
DEL *.life
DEL *.armor
ECHO life>%life%.life
ECHO armor>%armor%.armor
GOTO lobby
I've been working on it for an hour and I'm still confused lol.

[diablo416]

I dont understand whats the question?

[gamerx365]

That's my code but it isn't working. For example, Before this the life is changed from its initial 100 to 600. Then it gets to this code which should multiply that by 10, but doesn't. It remains the same.

If life is not changed to 600 before this code, then it does work and is changed to 1000.

I want it to multiply life or armor by 10 regardless of what it already is.

[gpl]

Think sideways
to multiply by 10, just bung a '0' on the right hand side

IF '%class%'=='2' SET armor=%armor%0

Graham

[diablo416]

gpls idea is a better idea
its either you mistakenly set alliance and used class, or theres a space in the variables.

IF '%class%'=='1' SET /A life=10 * %life%
IF '%class%'=='2' SET /A armor=10 * %armor%

should work , instead try

IF '%class%'=='1 ' SET /A life=10 * %life%
IF '%class%'=='2 ' SET /A armor=10 * %armor%

[johnsonbben]

If your trying to multiply a variable that is a number by 10 try

set /a armor=%armor%*2

[BC_Programmer]

If your trying to multiply a variable that is a number by 10 try

set /a armor=%armor%*2

hmmm- to multiply by ten, we must multiply by two.

is there some kind of parable-type lesson here? Because if so, I don't get it.

[Dias de verano]

If your trying to multiply a variable that is a number by 10 try

set /a armor=%armor%*2

hmmm- to multiply by ten, we must multiply by two.

is there some kind of parable-type lesson here? Because if so, I don't get it.

He says he's an "expert"...

[gamerx365]

... should work , instead try

IF '%class%'=='1 ' SET /A life=10 * %life%
IF '%class%'=='2 ' SET /A armor=10 * %armor%

nah, didn't work. I wouldn't think it has to do with the value in the variable because of the 2 lines before that. that part works fine.

gpl's code would work, unless I decide to change the value to multiple by, which I probably will...

maybe I should try to multiply by 2... lol

[Jacob]

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set /a lifetemp=%life%*10
set /a life=%lifetemp%

[devcom]

i dont know what you guys are trying to do but i always use

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set /a life=%life%*10and it works 

[BC_Programmer]

Aww, man, I wanted to see how long it would take...

[gamerx365]

nope. not working.

i dont know what you guys are trying to do but i always use

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set /a life=%life%*10and it works 

umm... thats the original code, you know, the one that didn't work...

[Dias de verano]

Aww, man, I wanted to see how long it would take...

Are you supposing it matters which way around the variable and the number are? It doesn't on my system.

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C:\>set value=5

C:\>set /a value=10*%value%
50
C:\>set /a value=%value%*10
500

[gamerx365]

Ive tried it both ways as well