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mg_options__define.pro
includes main-level programAn object to facilitate parsing of command line options.
Execute this program with something like:
idl -IDL_QUIET 1 -quiet -e ".run mg_options__define" -args --verbose --name=Mike
or:
idl -IDL_QUIET 1 -quiet -e ".run mg_options__define" -args --help
Class description for mg_opt
Properties
- help init
- short_name get set
- boolean get init
- metavar get init
- key_column_width get
- help_header get
- default init
- long_name get init
Class description for mg_options
Properties
- app_name init
- version init
Other file information
- Requires:
IDL 6.2
- Uses:
Routines
result = mg_options::get(optname [, /params] [, n_params=long] [, /present])Get value of option.
mg_options::parseArgs [, args] [, error_message=string]Parse arguments.
mg_options::addOption, longForm [, shortForm] [, help=string] [, default=string] [, /boolean] [, metavar=string]Add the definition of an option to the parser.
mg_options::addParams, nparamsRangeAdd a range of positional parameters.
mg_options::cleanupFree resources.
result = mg_options::init( [app_name=string] [, version=string])Create option parsing object.
mg_options__defineDefine instance variables.
Routine details
topmg_options::get
result = mg_options::get(optname [, /params] [, n_params=long] [, /present])
Get value of option.
Return value
string
Parameters
- optname in required type=string
long name of option
Keywords
- params in optional type=boolean
set to return parameters
- n_params out optional type=long
number of parameters returned, only used if PARAMS is set
- present out optional type=boolean
set to a named variable to determine if the option was present
topmg_options::parseArgs
mg_options::parseArgs [, args] [, error_message=string]
Parse arguments.
Parameters
- args in optional type=strarr default=command_line_args()
string array of arguments
Keywords
- error_message out optional type=string
set to a named variable to receive any error message generated from parsing the parameters
topmg_options::addOption
mg_options::addOption, longForm [, shortForm] [, help=string] [, default=string] [, /boolean] [, metavar=string]
Add the definition of an option to the parser.
Parameters
- longForm in required type=string
long name of the option, used with two dashes i.e. --help
- shortForm in optional type=string
single character name of an option, used with a single dash i.e. -h
Keywords
- help in optional type=string
help text for the option
- default in optional type=string
default value
- boolean in optional type=boolean
set to indicate the option is a boolean switch
- metavar in optional type=string
text to display in the help for non-boolean option values
topmg_options::addParams
mg_options::addParams, nparamsRange
Add a range of positional parameters.
Parameters
- nparamsRange in required type=lonarr(2)
valid range for number of positional parameters, use -1 for the max value to allow an unlimited number of parameters
File attributes
| Modification date: | Mon Apr 27 15:14:54 2009 |
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| Docformat: | rst rst |