command line argument passing

[Hayri ERDENER]

hi to all,
is it possible in python to pass arguments by using command prompt in
windows 2000 and XP ?
for example:
sourceCode.py factorial 4
gives me the factorial of 4 namely 24.
best regards

 

[Peter Hansen]

hi to all,
is it possible in python to pass arguments by using command prompt in
windows 2000 and XP ?
for example:
sourceCode.py factorial 4
gives me the factorial of 4 namely 24.

Yes, the arguments are available as a list in sys.argv .

Remember that you need to import "sys" before you can access that, and
that the values will be returned as strings, so if they should be
treated as numbers it's up to you to convert them.

Use of the getopt or optparse modules is recommended to work with
command line arguments more effectively.

-Peter

 

[gene tani]

just remember: sys.argv[0] == script name


http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4829

 

[Dennis Benzinger]

hi to all,
is it possible in python to pass arguments by using command prompt in
windows 2000 and XP ?
for example:
sourceCode.py factorial 4
gives me the factorial of 4 namely 24.
best regards

import sys

print sys.argv


Or use the optparse module. Docs:
http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/module-optparse.html

Bye,
Dennis