How to make argparse accept "-4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2" string argument?

Jach Feng jfong at ms4.hinet.net
Tue Jan 24 22:18:52 EST 2023


Jach Feng 在 2023年1月22日 星期日上午11:11:22 [UTC+8] 的信中寫道:
> Fail on command line, 
> 
> e:\Works\Python>py infix2postfix.py "-4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2" 
> usage: infix2postfix.py [-h] [infix] 
> infix2postfix.py: error: unrecognized arguments: -4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2 
> 
> Also fail in REPL, 
> 
> e:\Works\Python>py 
> Python 3.8.8 (tags/v3.8.8:024d805, Feb 19 2021, 13:08:11) [MSC v.1928 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. 
> >>> import argparse 
> >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert infix notation to postfix') 
> >>> parser.parse_args("-4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2") 
> usage: [-h] 
> : error: unrecognized arguments: - 4 ^ 2 + 5 . 3 * a b s ( - 2 - 1 ) / 2 
> 
> Just can't figure out where is wrong!? 
> 
> --Jach
I was happy working with argparse during implement my script. To save the typing, I used a default equation for testing.

sample = "-4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2, abs(Abc)*(B+C)/D, (-3) * sqrt(1-(x1/7)*(y1/7)) * sqrt(abs((x0-4.5)/(y0-4)))"
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert infix notation to postfix')
parser.add_argument('infix', nargs='?', default=sample, help="....")

The argparse has no complain at all, even I enter it in the command line.
e:\Works\Python>py infix2postfix.py "-4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2, abs(Abc)*(B+C)/D, (-3) * sqrt(1-(x1/7)*(y1/7)) * sqrt(abs((x0
-4.5)/(y0-4)))"
-4 2 ^ 5.3 -2 1 - abs * 2 / +
Abc abs B C + * D /
-3 1 x1 7 / y1 7 / * - sqrt * x0 4.5 - y0 4 - / abs sqrt *

But the happiness ends when this day comes,
e:\Works\Python>py infix2postfix.py "-4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2"
usage: infix2postfix.py [-h] [infix]
infix2postfix.py: error: unrecognized arguments: -4^2+5.3*abs(-2-1)/2

Then, I know I am in trouble, and You know the rest of the story:-)


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