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Common abbreviation for "arguments", often used in reference to command-line arguments or function arguments.

A program can accept any number of arguments from the command line. This allows the user to specify configuration information when the program is launched.

The user enters command-line arguments when invoking the application and specifies them after the name of the command to be run.

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Dragon book compiler input

I'm executing the "Dragon book" front-end compiler, which expects a file input using java main.Main < fileInput.txt My question is: when I run args.length, the returned value is 0. Isn't fileInput.txt considered an argument? How could I catch it on…
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Tag values as warning or critical

I have a dictionary as follows (dict is named channel_info): {'flume02': u'98.94420000000001', 'flume03': u'32.562999999999995', 'flume01': u'2.15'} Im trying to loop through the dictionary and report back the values a warning or critical. I have…
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Is using the args syntax in Python multiprocessing always necessary?

I am learning up on methods of multiprocessing in Python and have found myself with a question. Consider the following example: import multiprocessing as mp def worker(n): print('worker %d' % n) return if __name__ == '__main__': jobs =…
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lambda expression with *args

I know that when we use *args, it means we are not sure how many arguments the function is going to receive. However, Python finally binds them together in a single tuple: >>> def f(*args): return type(args) >>> f(3,4,4,5)
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Open a shell script in Terminal (Mac) no matter what the default application for bash scripts is set to

I wrote a shell script that I'm distributing to my friends. On my computer, it works great, because I set the default application for shell scripts to be Terminal. However, when my friends open it, the script opens in TextEdit. Is there a way to add…
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How to use *args in a function to return a list of dictionaries?

Is it possible to use *args to produce a list of dictionaries where each dictionary has the exact same key and each value is the arg? For example, I currently have this function: def Func(word1,word2): return [{'This is a word':word1},{'This is…
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How to use *args in a python class?

I am trying to get some args working in a class, I already got it running in a function from How to use *args in a function?. I'm trying to get that function into a class but I don't seem to understand how to initialize that class which has an init…
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Passing filepath into Main(string[] args) not working

I am trying to pass a file path into a C# Console Application but am having problems with the string being incorrect by the time it reaches the console application. If I run my application from the command line, with a file path parameter: MyApp…
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Maven exec plugin - user args from console after hardcoded args

I'm implementing a simple RMI server and client. I wanted to speed up the tedious task of adding server codebase each time (lots of terminal-bloating text), so I decided to use the maven exec plugin. Here's how a part of my pom.xml looks…
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Is there a "pythonic" approach to required properties (OOP)?

I'm struggling to find a "pythonic" approach to the following class organization: I have a base class with properties initialized in its constructor, for example: class Animal(object): def __init__(self, class_, species, is_domesticated): …
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C# string handling how get path and args from a string

I have a string with quotes around the path as follows: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" arg1 arg2 If I use Text.Split(new Char[] { ' ' }, 2); then I get the first space. How to get the path and args ?
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Java: Printing out all the integers in args array

How do I print out a set of integers from my args variable in Java? I tried: System.out.println("The numbers are " + args.length); But all that does is print out the number of elements in the array. I want it so that if there are 5 arguments…
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C# args without a main method?

I am new to the C# world but have seen other programming languages give access to command-line arguments from places like main function/method, sys.argv, etc. It was unusual to see the following statement placed globally in the boilerplate ASP.NET…
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I want a function to be able to take as an argument both a list of strings or several strings as *args

I have a function that should be able to take either many string arguments as *args, or a list of strings as an argument. For example: def getStuff(*stuff): for thing in stuff: print(thing) getStuff("cat", "mouse", "dog") getStuff(animals) I…
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dart arg parser implement default sub command

I'm using the dart args package with a set of subcommands. The command line syntax that I'm trying to implement is: dswitch beta switch dswitch beta install dswitch beta upgrade 'beta' is the command and there are three subcommands. what I want to…
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