Windows 7 set /p not working

[brainuee]

The following code doesnt set the value of a to user input..why? Can anyone help plz...


set /p a ="sdff "
pause
echo %a%
pause

 

[Josephur]

/p is meant to take input, so if you do
set /p a ="sdff "
(type some data in here)
echo %a%

The system will prompt you with "sdff", the typed data is what %a% will be!