argparse

A simple header only command line argument parser

Master	Develop

Table of Contents

• Building With Git and CMake
  • Make
  • VSCode and CMake Tools
  • Visual Studio
• Example
• Usage
• Running Tests
  • Make
  • VSCode and CMake Tools
  • Visual Studio
• Contributing
• License

Building With Git and CMake

Git and CMake

Make

Make

git clone https://github.com/jamolnng/argparse.git
cd argparse
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

VSCode and CMake Tools

VSCode and CMake Tools extension

TODO

Visual Studio

Visual Studio Community

TODO

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>

#include "cli-parser.hpp"

int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
  argparse::argument_parser_t parser("example", "Argument parser example");
  parser.add_argument()
      .names({"-v", "--verbose"})
      .description("verbose level")
      .required(true);
  parser.add_argument("-t", "--test", "test", true)
      .position(ArgumentParser::Argument::Position::LAST);
  parser.add_argument("-d", "--dtest", "dtest", true).position(0);
  parser.enable_help();
  auto err = parser.parse(argc, argv);
  if (err) {
    std::cout << err << std::endl;
    return -1;
  }

  if (parser.exists("help")) {
    parser.print_help();
    return 0;
  }

  if (parser.exists("v")) {
    switch (parser.get<unsigned int>("v")) {
      case 2:
        std::cout << "an even more verbose string" << std::endl;
#ifdef __clang__
        [[clang::fallthrough]];
#endif
        // fall through
      case 1:
        std::cout << "a verbose string" << std::endl;
#ifdef __clang__
        [[clang::fallthrough]];
#endif
        // fall through
      default:
        std::cout << "some verbosity" << std::endl;
    }
  }

  if (parser.exists("test")) {
    std::cout << parser.get<std::string>("test") << std::endl;
  }

  if (parser.exists("dtest")) {
    std::cout << parser.get<std::string>("dtest") << std::endl;
  }
}

Example output:

> program "something" -v 2 "something else"
an even more verbose string
a verbose string
some verbosity
something else
something

> program "something" -v=1 "something else"
a verbose string
some verbosity
something else
something

> program "something" --verbose "something else"
some verbosity
something else
something

> program -h
Usage: example [options...] [t] [d]
Options:
    -v, --verbose          verbose level           (Required)
    -t, --test             test                    (Required)
    -d, --dtest            dtest                   (Required)
    -h, --help             Shows this page      

> program
Required argument not found: -v

Usage

TODO

TODO

• Positional argumeents
• More error checking
• Think of more things to do

Running Tests

Make

make test

VSCode and CMake Tools

TODO

Visual Studio

TODO

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

Apache-2.0-with-LLVM-Exception or GPL-3.0