how to take into account '-' in an argument in argparse

Asked Dec 14 '15 at 13:56

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I have a very generic question regarding argument parsing in argparse. I have a requirement wherein the arguments will be containing '-' in the beginning. Please can someone help me how to take this into account?

e.g.

sample.py -Defines -test_1

I want -test_1 to be accepted as an argument parameter for -Defines and not treated as a separate argument.

edited Mar 23 '17 at 15:27

Ivan Chaer

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asked Dec 14 '15 at 13:56

Amit Goel

https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#arguments-containing – DainDwarf Dec 14 '15 at 14:03
@DainDwarf: that doesn't tell us anything about *values for optional parameters*. – Martijn Pieters Dec 14 '15 at 14:10

how to take into account '-' in an argument in argparse

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