command line arguments in python

• the concept of passing the arguments from command line at the time of running the python program/file,that type of arguments are called command-line arguments.

• file name also taken as a one of the command line argument.

• all the command line arguments are stored into list object in the form of strings, that list object stored into the "argv" variable of sys module.

Example:

import sys

print(sys.argv)

print(len(sys.argv))

for p in sys.argv:

    print(p)

Output1:

C:\Desktop>python commandlineargument.py hai siva krishna

['commandlineargument.py', 'hai', 'siva', 'krishna']

4

commandlineargument.py

hai

siva

krishna

Output2:

C:\Desktop>python commandlineargument.py arg1 arg2 arg3

['commandlineargument.py', 'arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3']

4

commandlineargument.py

arg1

arg2

arg3

Example:

import sys

if len(sys.argv)==3:

    try:

        x=int(sys.argv[1])

        y=int(sys.argv[2])

        z=x+y

        print(z)

    except(ValueError):

        print("enter numerical values only")

else:

    print("enter two userdefined arguments only")

Output1:

C:\Desktop>python commandlineargument.py 4 5

9

Output2:

C:\Desktop>python commandlineargument1.py 4

enter two userdefined arguments only

Output3:

C:\Desktop>python commandlineargument1.py 4 abc

enter numerical values only