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Going Batsh*t over BAT files

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I don't know why I didn't pay much attention to BAT / CMD commands in the past . Recently though, I've bee using them more and more for all sorts of tasks, especially when accessing files with long path names. My current "Going Bats" test file [.. when starting this post] is this: [Jump to ( here ) for Latest to explore] [Jump to ( here ) for Latest appends >> to this post] @echo off rem This is one way to include a comment. Next 2 lines output CRLF's echo.             <-- causes a line skip, aka print a CRLF echo. echo This text will be printed on the CMD console. "Hello World" echo. echo See Go BAts foleder in Other Sw tab echo. color 1E               <-- causes my console to display as Yellow text on Blue background                                   <-- Se...

My 1st and 2nd OOP class definitions (aka What is an OOP class definition?)

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  WHAT IS OOPS? Wiki =  Object-oriented programming Google =  object oriented programming Reddit =  object oriented programming YouTube =  object oriented programming in python MIT course =  Object Oriented Programming Wiki =  Object-oriented programming The underlying ideas for both my 1st and second OOP projects are explained ( here ). I successfully implemented the loop tracker first and my second project --not yet finshed-- will be the Abbreviation Xpander (class AbbvXpander():) But first, let's discuss some basics:     (1)  What is a "class"?     (2)  What is an "object"?  (The original plan was 'messaging' as explained here ) [Note to self: How to find all locations of character in string? ( Google Answer here ) ( YT Answer here ) Re Gemini answer: wow clever, use enumerate ] The Metaphor / Analogy / Model Problem of defining "Classes" The map is NOT the territory and  similarly,  the "class" is...