Calling function from included batch file with a parameter

Question

In my main batch file I include another batch file and want to call a function defined in there, code looks like following:

@echo off
call define_wait.bat

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Answer 1

Working function bat that forwards it's parameters to it's subfunction:

@echo off
call %*
goto :EOF

:WAIT_AND_PRINT
set /a time=%1
for /l %%x in (1, 1, %time%) do (
    ping -n 1 -w 1000 1.0.0.0 > null
    echo|set /p=.
)
goto :EOF

:WAIT
set /a time="%1 * 1000"
ping -n 1 -w %time% 1.0.0.0 > null
goto :EOF

In the main bat I now don't include the batch file anymore but call it directly like following:

call define_wait.bat :WAIT_AND_PRINT 5