Question : Using a LIST and LOOP within a batch file

Hi all, virgin user here.

I have what I think may be a relatively easy question.  Not for me, otherwise I wouldn't have ot ask it.

I have a batch file that will be running the winzip command line interface.  
e.g.
wzzip -a -P -r tempfolder\myzip_file.zip somefile.txt

this command line zips up "somefile.txt" into "myzip_file.zip".

The plan is to use that line in a BATfile that will do a bunch of other stuff after zipping up the file.  So this line:
wzzip -a -P -r tempfolder\myzip_file.zip somefile.txt
will be a line in a BAT file.  

So I would like to do something like this:

BEGINNING OF BATCH FILE

 BEGIN LIST
   File1.TXT
   File2.TXT
   File3.TXT
 END LIST

 wzzip -a -P -r tempfolder\myzip_file.zip VARIABLE

(where this VARIABLE runs this command for every item in the list)


SO I need it to iterate through the list, i.e. loop through the list, and run

"wzzip -a -P -r tempfolder\myzip_file.zip VARIABLE" for each variable, and then continue through the rest of the batch file.

(*NOTE* there is a "@listfile" option in the wzzip.exe program that will pull the contents of a named listfile and include that list in the ZIP file.  There is more to this zipfile than what I mentioned, so unfortunately that option is not useful to me in this instance.  Just in case you are familiar with this program)

Answer : Using a LIST and LOOP within a batch file

PAQ'd and points refunded as proposed

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