PYTHON

how to use argparse

import argparse

if __name__ == "__main__":
	#add a description
	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="what the program does")

	#add the arguments
	parser.add_argument("arg1", help="advice on arg")
	parser.add_argument("arg2", help="advice on arg")
#						.
# 						.
#   					.
	parser.add_argument("argn", help="advice on arg")

	#this allows you to access the arguments via the object args
	args = parser.parse_args()

	#how to use the arguments
	args.arg1, args.arg2 ... args.argn

argparse cli

# importing required modules
import argparse
 
# create a parser object
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = "An addition program")
 
# add argument
parser.add_argument("add", nargs = '*', metavar = "num", type = int,
                     help = "All the numbers separated by spaces will be added.")
 
# parse the arguments from standard input
args = parser.parse_args()
 
# check if add argument has any input data.
# If it has, then print sum of the given numbers
if len(args.add) != 0:
    print(sum(args.add))

argparse for Command-Line Interface (CLI)

import argparse
import sys

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--x', type=float, default=1.0,
                        help='What is the first number?')
    parser.add_argument('--y', type=float, default=1.0,
                        help='What is the second number?')
    parser.add_argument('--operation', type=str, default='add',
                        help='What operation? Can choose add, sub, mul, or div')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    sys.stdout.write(str(calc(args)))
    
def calc(args):
    if args.operation == 'add':
        return args.x + args.y
    elif args.operation == 'sub':
        return args.x - args.y
    elif args.operation == 'mul':
        return args.x * args.y
    elif args.operation == 'div':
        return args.x / args.y

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()