asdfmaciej / argparx

Simple python argument parser.

#argparx

I was really iritated how the argparse module works in python. Even replacements were no good, so I decided to write my own, for my own needs. ###What is argparx? argparx stands for argument parser x(tra) simple

###What are pros and cons of argparx?

Pros	Cons
SIMPLE	Can be a little tricky if you are not used to it
Light	You cannot use multiple values as arguments (ex. '-y' and '--yes')
Can be used in every needed situation	Can lack some of the features that argparse has

###How to use it? You need to start with initial setup

import argparx
parser = argparx.ArgParserX()

Then you have to take your arguments and setup your program definition

parser.take_args()
parser.program_def("Example")

Isn't that simple? Now you have your program definition and your args, so why don't we do some magic with our args and define some commands?

x = parser.object_arg("-x", helparg="single letter") #1
y = parser.object_arg("--yiks", helparg="multi letter") #2
f = parser.object_arg("-f", helparg="flag", flag=1) #3
z = parser.pos_arg("FILE", pos='start')#4
parser.help_arg() #5

First two are self-explanatory. 3rd is a flag. Flags always returns True or 1 (or False if not called). 4th is a positional argument, you define argname, which displays in '--help' prompt and a position (it can be 'start' or 'end'). 5th is initialization function of "--help" command - without it there's no "--help".

###TO-DO

• Do multi-command support
• Rewrite pos_arg() code

###Requirements

• Python 2.7 - get it from the official python website