I am following this tutorial and trying to run the below part of the script. I am using python 3.7 and spyder 3.3.4. I have tried going to Run > Configuration per file and entering the arguments as advised by this post and and this post. command line options: path1, path2, path3, path4 I filled out the app…
Tag: argparse
Python argparse – user defined Action with ‘store_true’ behavoiur
Hi I suppose that i have parser argument which cannot pass any value, for example: And my user defined action: When i trying call this without any values: I receive this error message: I know that i can add action ‘store_true’ to my argument, but in this solution i cannot redirect execution of thi…
Python Argparse – How can I add text to the default help message?
I’m using python’s argparse to handle parsing of arguments. I get a default help message structured like so: What I want is to add an entire new section to this message, for example: Is there a way to achieve this behavior? A solution that is supported by both python 2.7 and 3.x is preferred. Edit…
Is it possible to use argparse to capture an arbitrary set of optional arguments?
Is it possible to use argparse to capture an arbitrary set of optional arguments? For example both the following should be accepted as inputs: a priori I don’t know what optional arguments would be specified receive but would handle them accordingly. Answer This is kind of a hackish way, but it works we…
Disable/Remove argument in argparse
Is it possible to remove or disable an argument in argparse, such that it does not show in the help? How? It is easy to add new arguments: And I know you can override arguments with a new definition by specifying the “resolve” conflict handler: But this still includes arg1 in the help message and …
Create variable key/value pairs with argparse (python)
I’m using argparse module to set my command line options. I’m also using a dict as a config in my application. Simple key/value store. What I’m looking for is a possibility to override JSON options using command line arguments, without defining all possible arguments in advance. Something li…
Argparse: Required argument ‘y’ if ‘x’ is present
I have a requirement as follows: for the argument prox , I use action=’store_true’ to check if it is present or not. I do not require any of the arguments. But, if –prox is set I require rport and lport as well. Is there an easy way of doing this with argparse without writing custom conditio…
Python argparse conditional requirements
How do I set up argparse as follows: For example, There are a number of similar questions here, but either they don’t address this situation or I don’t understand. Python 2.7 if that matters. Answer A subparser (as suggested in comments) might work. Another alternative (since mutually_exclusive_gr…
How can I pass a list as a command-line argument with argparse?
I am trying to pass a list as an argument to a command line program. Is there an argparse option to pass a list as option? Script is called like below Answer SHORT ANSWER Use the nargs option or the ‘append’ setting of the action option (depending on how you want the user interface to behave). nar…
Parsing boolean values with argparse
I would like to use argparse to parse boolean command-line arguments written as “–foo True” or “–foo False”. For example: However, the following test code does not do what I would like: Sadly, parsed_args.my_bool evaluates to True. This is the case even when I change cmd_li…