Why does choice.com creates an infinite loop in a

Question

Yesterday, I have downloaded the choice.com command from this FTP link to use it on Windows XP. From command line it works correctly, as you can see in this example:

C:\DOCUME~1\Rodolfo>choice /c:12345 "Choose the output:"
Choose the output:[1,2,3,4,5]? 5
C:\DOCUME~1\Rodolfo>echo %ERRORLEVEL%
5

I try to use it also into a batch file but, although the syntax seems to be correct, it creates an infinite loop, as shown in the following quotation:

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Here are the instructions inside the Batch file:

@echo off
pause
choice /c:12345 "Choose your output:"
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 echo You have chosen 1
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 2 echo You have chosen 2
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 3 echo You have chosen 3
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 4 echo You have chosen 4
if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 5 echo You have chosen 5
pause

So, why does this command seem to not work correctly in Batch files although it works fine from command line?

Answer 1

Don't call your batch file choice as it executes itself in a loop.