If a variable equals a number goto

Question

If a variable equals, for example 1 then goto to start1 BUT if the same variable equals 2 then goto to start2.

This is what i have so far:

if %method% == "1" (goto start1)
if %method% == "2" (goto start2)

:start1
echo start1
pause
exit

:start2
echo start2
pause
exit

But even if the method variable is equals 2 it always echo me start1...

Answer 1

You have to be careful with whitespace. Write

if "%method%"=="1" (goto start1)

etc instead. You may or may not need the extra quotations around %method%, depending on how you've set up your envrionment variable.