On Jan 31, 2:56 pm, "A.T.Hofkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2008-01-30, grflanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jan 29, 5:39 pm, kj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For command line options I get a long way with this:
>
> > [code python]
> > def _getargs():
> > allargs = sys.argv[1:]
> > args = []
> > kwargs = {}
> > key = None
> > while allargs:
> > arg = allargs.pop(0)
> > if arg.startswith('--'):
> > key, arg = arg.split('=', 1)
> > key = key[2:]
> > elif arg.startswith('-'):
> > key = arg[1:]
> > if not allargs or allargs[0].startswith('-'):
> > allargs.insert(0, 'yes')
> > continue
> > if key is None:
> > args.append(arg)
> > else:
> > kwargs[key] = arg
> > key = None
> > return args, kwargs
>
> > ARGS, KWARGS = _getargs()
> > [/code]
>
> Have a look at getopt (old) or optparse (newer) packages in the Python library
> instead.
>
> Sincerely,
> Albert
Admittedly I haven't used either of them, but getopt and optparse have
always looked like too much work to me. 90% of the time my '_getargs'
does what I need, and when it's insufficient I go straight to a config
file (ConfigParser or ConfigObj).
Best Regards
Gerard
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