How do I pass a flag into golang using go test

Asked May 05 '23 at 01:52

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I have a routine that I want to test, that I have to pass a flag into this test. This is on Win10 using Go 1.20.4

This is the func signature:

func detoxFilenameNewWay(fName string) (string, bool) {

I want to pass a flag I call dots into the test code for this function. I tried from within the correct directory

go test --args -dots
# or
go test . --args -dots

Or from the top of my source tree where the go.mod file is :

go test .\detox --args -dots

I get an error message saying:

flag provided but not defined: -dots.

But that flag does show up when I run the program using the -h flag.

What am I missing?

Thx

BTW, the previous question's solution that's similar to mine, from 2014, does not work for me.

edited May 06 '23 at 12:37

asked May 05 '23 at 01:52

Rob Solomon

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See this previous question on the topic: https://stackoverflow.com/q/27342973/5728991. – Charlie Tumahai May 05 '23 at 02:10
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Can you show the code where you define the flags, and the places where you call it ? – LeGEC May 05 '23 at 03:14
Did you check https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21350962/process-command-line-arguments-in-go-test – reddy nishanth May 05 '23 at 03:45

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