{"repo":"cofyc/argparse","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/cofyc/argparse","clone":"git clone https://github.com/cofyc/argparse.git","description":"Command-line arguments parsing library.","language":"C","stars":811,"topics":["c","cli","argument-parsing","argparse"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"argparse argparse - A command line arguments parsing library in C (compatible with C++). Description This module is inspired by parse-options.c (git) and python's argparse module. Arguments parsing is common task in cli program, but traditional getopt libraries are not easy to use. This library provides high-level arguments parsing solutions. The program defines what arguments it requires, and argparse will figure out how to parse those out of argc and argv , it also automatically generates help and usage messages and issues errors when users give the program invalid arguments. Features - handles both optional and positional arguments - produces highly informative usage messages - issues errors when given invalid arguments There are basically three types of options: - boolean options - options with mandatory argument - options with optional argument There are basically two forms of options: - short option consist of one dash ( - ) and one alphanumeric character. - long option begin with two dashes ( -- ) and some alphanumeric characters. Short options may be bundled, e.g. -a -b can be specified as -ab . Options are case-sensitive. Options and non-option arguments can clearly be separated using the -- option. Examples - basic - subcommands","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/cofyc","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/cofyc/argparse/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}