What is the best way of parsing command-line arguments in C++ if the program is specified to be run like this:
prog [-abc] [input [output]]
Is there some way of doing this built into the standard library, or do I need to write my own code?
Related:
for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
if (strcmp(argv[i],"-i")==0) {
filename = argv[i+1];
printf("filename: %s",filename);
} else if (strcmp(argv[i],"-c")==0) {
convergence = atoi(argv[i + 1]);
printf("\nconvergence: %d",convergence);
} else if (strcmp(argv[i],"-a")==0) {
accuracy = atoi(argv[i + 1]);
printf("\naccuracy:%d",accuracy);
} else if (strcmp(argv[i],"-t")==0) {
targetBitRate = atof(argv[i + 1]);
printf("\ntargetBitRate:%f",targetBitRate);
} else if (strcmp(argv[i],"-f")==0) {
frameRate = atoi(argv[i + 1]);
printf("\nframeRate:%d",frameRate);
}
}
I find it easier to use ezOptionParser. It's also a single header file, does not depend on anything but STL, works for Windows and Linux (very likely other platforms too), has no learning curve thanks to the examples, has features other libraries don't (like file import/export with comments, arbitrary option names with delimiters, auto usage formatting, etc), and is LGPL licensed.
argstream is quite similar to boost.program_option: it permits to bind variables to options, etc. However it does not handle options stored in a configuration file.