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Started by cMADsc June 13, 2001 12:50 PM

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cMADsc

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June 13, 2001 12:50 PM

Greetings all, I need assistance on using argc, argv. I have books with them in it but they don''t describe the concept behind them. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. ----------------------------- "There are ones that say they can and there are those who actually do." "...u can not learn programming in a class, you have to learn it on your own."

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Julio

116

June 13, 2001 12:59 PM

These are used for programs that are run from the comand line. Each argument can take a value which can be used withing the program. (like those old dos programs) they can also be used when running the program from withing another program. (i think)

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Big B

337

June 13, 2001 01:08 PM

argc is the number of command line arguements passed to your program. argv are the actual arguements.

Here''s an example

  #include <iostream>#include <stdio.h>int main(int argc, char *argv[]){	std::cout << argc << std::endl;	for(int i=0;i<argc;i++)	{		std::cout << argv[i] << std::endl;	}		return 0;}in the console or terminal>D:\test\Debug>test i am a beautiful butterfly6D:\TEST\DEBUG\TEST.EXEiamabeautifulbutterfly

argv[0] is the program itself, so your args start at 1.

Arkon

122

June 13, 2001 02:11 PM

void main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
if (argc == 1)
{
printf("usage: bla.exe ");
return;
}
if (argc == 2)
{
// do something with argv[1],
// argv[0] is your executable file name
}
else
{
printf("too many arguments");
return;
}
}

pretty easy
you get the string parsed already which make it easier

Arkon
[QSoft Systems]

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