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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() {
+ // There are two ways in which to get a default value, one is to use claps Arg::default_value
+ // method, and the other is to use Rust's built in Option::unwrap_or method.
+ //
+ // I'll demo both here.
+ //
+ // First, we'll use clap's Arg::default_value with an "INPUT" file.
+ let matches = App::new("myapp").about("does awesome things")
+ .arg(Arg::with_name("INPUT")
+ .help("The input file to use") // Note, we don't need to specify
+ // anything like, "Defaults to..."
+ // because clap will automatically
+ // generate that for us, and place
+ // it in the help text
+ .default_value("input.txt")
+ .index(1))
+
+ // Next we'll use the Option::unwrap_or method on this "CONFIG" option
+ .arg(Arg::with_name("CONFIG")
+ // Note that we have to manually include some verbiage to the user
+ // telling them what the default will be.
+ .help("The config file to use (default is \"config.json\")")
+ .short("c")
+ .takes_value(true))
+ .get_matches();
+
+ // It's safe to call unwrap because the value with either be what the user input at runtime
+ // or "input.txt"
+ let input = matches.value_of("INPUT").unwrap();
+
+ // Using Option::unwrap_or we get the same affect, but without the added help text injection
+ let config_file = matches.value_of("CONFIG").unwrap_or("config.json");
+
+ println!("The input file is: {}", input);
+ println!("The config file is: {}", config_file);
+}