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I wonder how good programmers get command line parameters in Python? What if there are a lot of parameters? 

def main():
 type = None if len(sys.argv) == 1 else sys.argv[1]
 date = None if len(sys.argv) != 3 else sys.argv[2]
asked Sep 17, 2013 at 7:05
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  • Did you try sys.argc? Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 7:10
  • Have you looked at the argparse module that comes with Python 2.7 onwards? Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 7:10
  • @Smac89 There isn't a sys.argc :) Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 7:11
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    You don't assign 40,000 command line arguments to 40,000 variables. There are things called lists. Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 7:12

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Check out argparse, it's replacing optparse.

answered Sep 17, 2013 at 7:10
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