Handling Indefinite Paired Arguments With Argparse
In my project, I need to define a syntax like mcraw recipe add COUNT ID COUNT_1 ID_1 [COUNT_2 ID_2 ..] and argparse seems to be the best tool for the general job. How can I instru
Solution 1:
Read your arguments in pairs:
argdict = {args[i + 1]: args[i] for i in xrange(0, len(args), 2)}
argparse
has otherwise no special handling for this kind of input.
Solution 2:
I think you may have the wrong approach here. Why not point to a .json
file for your program to accept on the commandline?
That way
$> python mcraw recipe add--recipies=my_recipies.json
And you can pull it in and use it however you like, possibilities include such as what is in Martijn's answer
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