Relative to older versions of NMAKE, NMAKE32 provides a richer set of functions including:

Transformation macros

Transformation macros manipulate strings and can be used for pattern matching and for conversions from upper to lower case and vice versa.
Built-in commands
Built-in commands are commands processed internally by NMAKE32 to perform basic operations such as changing directories or setting environment variables.
Built-in functions
Built-in functions are provided that can be used in conditional constructs to test such things as the return code from the last command executed.
New and improved directives
Directives can now be used at run-time as part of a command block. Two new directives, !elseif and !tryinclude have been added.
New macro assignments
Macro assignments can now use =+ and += to append a string to either the beginning or the end of an existing definition.

Be sure to read Migration Considerations for a few differences between NMAKE32 and previous versions of NMAKE.

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