Getting commandline args in c++

[ShaolinF]

Hi Guys

If I specify several arguments how do I retrieve them in the application .e.g

./a.out -f file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt --searchtext "welcome to"

[credobyte]

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
cout << i << ": " << argv[i] << endl;
}

return 0;
}

Not that hard :p

[MindSz]

define your main as


int main(int argc, char*argv[]){

return 0;
}

The variable argc contains the number of arguments that with which you launched your program.

argv is an array of strings that contains the arguments with which your program was launched:

argv[0] = your program executalbe (e.g. 'a.out')
argv[1] = first argument

etc.

[cmay]

http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemnet/use/info/libgpp/libgpp_39.html
you could also use the get opt. i found a c++ example as i linked to.