Decisions in MS-DOS

Example: Decisions in MS-DOS

The following program presents the user with a menu, then prompts them for user input which is stored in a variable named choice, then performs several IF statements to direct the program to statements related to each menu option. cls is the DOS command to clear the screen.

	@echo off
	echo Main Menu
	echo ---------
	echo 1. Run Program #1
	echo 2. Run Program #2
	echo 3. Run Program #3
	echo 4. Exit
	set /p choice=Please enter menu choice: 

	if "%choice%" == "1" goto :program1
	if "%choice%" == "2" goto :program2
	if "%choice%" == "3" goto :program3

	:program1
		cls
		echo Program #1
		goto :end
	:end

	:program2
		cls
		echo Program #2
		goto :end

	:program3
		cls
		echo Program #3
		goto :end
		
	:end