using command line arguments

[peruron]

Hello again!

I've been trying to make my code more generic, and one of the things I want to do is to use a given file name, which can change (in the command line) instead of using a specific name.
My code looks like:

def func1
bla bla bla

def func2
bla bla bla

main code.

My questions are:
Should I name the main code "main" in order to use sys.argv?
What is the exact syntax of argv? If you want to put the first argument (as in 1, not 0) in a string variable, how do I do that?
Should I import anything, and if so, where should I locate the "import..." line? before all the functions, before the main code etc?

I have tried a python websites, but I can't find answers to those questions.


Thanks

[ilikepython]

Hello again!

I've been trying to make my code more generic, and one of the things I want to do is to use a given file name, which can change (in the command line) instead of using a specific name.
My code looks like:

def func1
bla bla bla

def func2
bla bla bla

main code.

My questions are:
Should I name the main code "main" in order to use sys.argv?
What is the exact syntax of argv? If you want to put the first argument (as in 1, not 0) in a string variable, how do I do that?
Should I import anything, and if so, where should I locate the "import..." line? before all the functions, before the main code etc?

I have tried a python websites, but I can't find answers to those questions.


Thanks

There is no need for main (this isn't C) ;). argv is part of the system module so to use it, do something like this:

import sys
print sys.argv[0] # program name
print sys.argv[1:] # command line arguements; if any

sys.argv is basically a list of what you typed at the command line:

C:\Documents and Settings\UserName> myprogram.py these are some command line arguments 1 3
 

sys.argv will be:

["myprogram.py", "these", "are", "some", "command", "line", "arguments", 1, 3]