DOS: set variable to program output?

[jemminger]

hi all,

i'm just trying to set a variable to represent the output of the windows version from "ver":

set _ver = ver
echo _ver = %_ver%

this however results in just

_ver =

at the cmd prompt, my "ver" outputs "Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]"

what am i doing wrong?

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