passing arguments

[Steve Holden]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Sun, 22 May 2005 16:12:06 -0400, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> 
> 
>>Aren't we forgetting argv[0] here, or am I overlooking something (like, 
>>you chopped it off without telling me?)?
>>
> 
> 	argv[0] is often just the invocation name of the program/script
> itself, not really an argument to the function of the program.
> 
And you think I don't know this? I was questioning the correctness of 
the assertions of the post to which I was replying. Whether it's a real 
argument or not in undoubtedly occupies an entry in sys.argv.

> script1.py
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> import sys
> 
> for x in range(len(sys.argv)):
>     print "Argument %s is %s" % (x, sys.argv[x])
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>     
> (watch out for line wrapping)
> 
> E:\UserData\Dennis Lee Bieber\My Documents>script1.py "These are the"
> Voyages
> Argument 0 is E:\UserData\Dennis Lee Bieber\My Documents\Script1.py
> Argument 1 is These are the
> Argument 2 is Voyages
> 
> E:\UserData\Dennis Lee Bieber\My Documents>python script1.py "quoted
> arg" regular args
> Argument 0 is script1.py
> Argument 1 is quoted arg
> Argument 2 is regular
> Argument 3 is args
> 
> E:\UserData\Dennis Lee Bieber\My Documents>
> 
> 
So?

regards
  Steve
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