Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > I just noticed that the args variable is holding values b and c. > > the args variables comes from: > > (options, args) = parser.parse_args() > > > > I guess I only need to figure out now is why args isn't storing > > argument "a" also... > > > > Ritesh > > I fixed it, I guess. > > parser.add_option("", "--my-option", dest="my_option", > action="store_true") > > sets my_option to True and the arguments are all stored in the list > "args". :-) > > Ritesh
It might do you good to read the documentation instead of blindly experimenting. Anyway, parser.add_option("", "--my-option", nargs=3) http://docs.python.org/lib/optparse-standard-option-actions.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list