Rem Create a variable to illustrate the use of the IF statement
Set MY_VAR=ValueA

Rem Now check the variable using IF - if the value of the variable is
Rem the string 'ValueA', the script will go to the label WasValueA
Rem and continue execution
IF .%MY_VAR%.==.ValueA. GOTO WasValueA

Rem This is the equivalent of the else clause
Echo MY_VAR was not ValueA
Goto BatchEnd

:WasValueA
Echo MY_VAR was ValueA

Rem We'll just fall through to the end of the batch sequence...

:BatchEnd
Rem This is the end of the batch sequence, so we'll cleanup
Rem the variable that we used.
Set MY_VAR=