Looks like I didn't copy everything I have to the playground. But I do have the correct imports and the top statement, package main.
Thank you for answering, that's working. --rob solomon On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 11:24:11 AM UTC-4 Brian Candler wrote: > Your code is incomplete (it's missing all the imports), and "go test" > doesn't run your main() function anyway, so it's not going to parse the > flags. > > But otherwise I think it would be something like this: (single dash, -args > not --args) > > go test . -v -args - -dots > > https://go.dev/play/p/HFJBO1j54iE > > On Saturday, 6 May 2023 at 14:02:35 UTC+1 Robert Solomon wrote: > >> >> I have a routine that I want to test, that I have to pass a flag into >> this test. This is on Win10 using Go 1.20.4. This code is here: >> https://go.dev/play/p/p-YeGDk1KaM >> >> I want to pass a flag I call dots into the test code for this function. >> I tried from within the correct directory >> >> go test --args -dots >> or >> go test . --args -dots >> >> Or from the top of my source tree where the go.mod file is : >> >> go test .\detox --args -dots >> go test .\detox\... --args -dots >> >> I get an error message saying: >> >> flag provided but not defined: -dots. >> >> But that flag does show up when I run the program using the -h flag, and >> it works when not in go test mode. >> The full pgm is in the link above. >> >> What am I missing? >> >> --rob solomon >> >> PS: a stackoverflow question that's similar to this, from 2014, does not >> work for me. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/11e9156b-3963-40b3-aef7-0d3ad8b497f5n%40googlegroups.com.
