On Sep 27, 2:21 pm, "J. Clifford Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you can access the argument list manually, you could scan it for a
> negative integer, and then insert a '--' argument before that,
> if needed, before passing it to getopt/optparse. Then you wouldn't have to
> worry about it on the command line.
>
> Cheers,
> Cliff
Brilliant!
<code>
# Look for the first negative number (if any)
for i,arg in enumerate(sys.argv[1:]):
# stop if
if arg[0] != "-": break
# if a valid number is found insert a "--" string before it
which
# explicitly flags to getopt the end of options
try:
f = float(arg)
sys.argv.insert(i+1,"--")
break;
except ValueError:
pass
</code>
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