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authorRobin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>2020-01-07 11:18:04 +0000
committerDaniel Mueller <deso@posteo.net>2020-01-08 09:20:25 -0800
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Add structopt dependency in version 0.3.7
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+extern crate clap;
+
+use clap::{App, Arg};
+
+fn main() {
+
+ // Of the three argument types, flags are the most simple. Flags are simple switches which can
+ // be either "on" or "off"
+ //
+ // clap also supports multiple occurrences of flags, the common example is "verbosity" where a
+ // user could want a little information with "-v" or tons of information with "-v -v" or "-vv"
+ let matches = App::new("MyApp")
+ // Regular App configuration goes here...
+
+ // We'll add a flag that represents an awesome meter...
+ //
+ // I'll explain each possible setting that "flags" accept. Keep in mind
+ // that you DO NOT need to set each of these for every flag, only the ones
+ // you want for your individual case.
+ .arg(Arg::with_name("awesome")
+ .help("turns up the awesome") // Displayed when showing help info
+ .short("a") // Trigger this arg with "-a"
+ .long("awesome") // Trigger this arg with "--awesome"
+ .multiple(true) // This flag should allow multiple
+ // occurrences such as "-aaa" or "-a -a"
+ .requires("config") // Says, "If the user uses -a, they MUST
+ // also use this other 'config' arg too"
+ // Can also specify a list using
+ // requires_all(Vec<&str>)
+ .conflicts_with("output") // Opposite of requires(), says "if the
+ // user uses -a, they CANNOT use 'output'"
+ // also has a conflicts_with_all(Vec<&str>)
+ )
+ // NOTE: In order to compile this example, comment out requires() and
+ // conflicts_with() because we have not defined an "output" or "config"
+ // argument.
+ .get_matches();
+
+ // We can find out whether or not awesome was used
+ if matches.is_present("awesome") {
+ println!("Awesomeness is turned on");
+ }
+
+ // If we set the multiple() option of a flag we can check how many times the user specified
+ //
+ // Note: if we did not specify the multiple() option, and the user used "awesome" we would get
+ // a 1 (no matter how many times they actually used it), or a 0 if they didn't use it at all
+ match matches.occurrences_of("awesome") {
+ 0 => println!("Nothing is awesome"),
+ 1 => println!("Some things are awesome"),
+ 2 => println!("Lots of things are awesome"),
+ 3 | _ => println!("EVERYTHING is awesome!"),
+ }
+
+ // Continued program logic goes here...
+}