Parsing command line

Here we discuss how to parse command line to test for the existence of parameters. Read below to find out more!

Command line might contain text arguments that could be interpreted in a few ways:

  • as an integer
  • as a floating-point
  • as a boolean flag
  • as a string (not parsed)
  • or some other types…

Simple int and string version

We can build a variant that will hold all the possible options.

Here’s a simple version with int and string:

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