parsing command option with default values and range constrains in C
- by agramfort
Hi,
I need to parse command line arguments in C. My arguments are basically
int or float with default values and range constrains.
I've started to implement something that look like this:
option_float(float* out, int argc, char* argv, char* name, description,
float default_val, int is_optional, float min_value, float max_value)
which I call for example with:
float* pct;
option_float(pct, argc, argv, "pct", "My super percentage option", 50, 1,
FALSE, 0, 100)
however I don't want to reinvent the wheel !
My objective is to have error checking of range constrains, throw an error when
the option is not optional and is not set. And generate the help message usually
given by usage() function.
The usage text would look like this:
--pct My super percentage option (default : 50). Should be in [0, 100]
I've started with getopt but it is too limited for what I want to do and I feel it still
requires me to write too much code for a simple usecase like this.
thanks
