Trying to understand docopt(doc)

Asked Feb 02 '18 at 15:26

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So I am trying to learn Python but I am a little bit overwhelmed with many new things.

One of these things that I am not able to understand is:

if __name__ == '__main__':
args = docopt(__doc__)
print(args)

The results of the print function is always:

{'initdb': False,
'run': False}

In some examples, the 'initdb' must be true in order to initialize the database and pretty much to run the app?

if __name__ == '__main__':
args = docopt(__doc__)
if not args['initdb']:
   ...

How can I make the initdb value equals true?

This is my first attempt to learn the subject, apologies if the question is not clear enough.

asked Feb 02 '18 at 15:26

Ahmed Ali

`code.py -initdb`? – internet_user Feb 02 '18 at 15:29
@internet_user I ran the app using `-initdb` and it gave me this result: `Usage: app.py [run] app.py initdb` – Ahmed Ali Feb 02 '18 at 15:46
@internet_user I think to make `initdb` true, I need to run the command like this: `app.py initdb` – Ahmed Ali Feb 02 '18 at 15:49
How does the program's docstring look? – J. P. Petersen Feb 04 '18 at 19:14

Trying to understand docopt(__doc__)