Well, for your first response, its great, thanks a lot. shawn
On 3/11/07, Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is my first time replying to the list, so excuse me if this goes > out wrong. > > Anyhow, you're looking for sys.agrv. sys.agrv is a list of the > arguments, with sys.agrv[0] being the script name. > > Code: > ########## > import sys #sys.argv is part of the sys module > def add_two_numbers(a, b): > x = a + b > return x > y = float(sys.argv[1]) #This gets the arguments and converts them to numbers > z = float(sys.argv[2]) #You need to do this because the arguments come > as strings > x = add_two_numbers(y,z) #Of course, that means if you put in "python > add.py 1 fish" > print x #you'll get an error. So a try-except clause would be good here. > ########## > Run the above script with the formatting "python (filename).py 1 1", not > "python (filename).py -1 -1", that'll get you negative numbers. > > shawn bright wrote: > > lo there all, > > > > i was wondering how to make a python script accept command line arguments. > > i mean, i have used python scripts from the command line in linux and > > passed something to it and it knows what to do. > > > > like in a function, if i want to do something like this > > > > def add_two_numbers(a, b): > > x = a + b > > return x > > > > x = add_two_numbers(4,5) > > print x > > > > how could i do the same from the cli. > > > > like python add_two_numbers.py 4 5 > > or maybe python add_two_numbers.py 4, 5 > > or even python add_two_numbers.py -a 4 -b 5 > > > > is there an easy way to do this ? > > > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
