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-extern crate clap;
-
-use clap::{App, Arg};
-
-fn main() {
- // You can define a function (or a closure) to use as a validator to argument values. The
- // function must accept a String and return Result<(), String> where Err(String) is the message
- // displayed to the user.
-
- let matches = App::new("myapp")
- // Application logic goes here...
- .arg(Arg::with_name("input")
- .help("the input file to use")
- .index(1)
- .required(true)
- // You can pass in a closure, or a function
- .validator(is_png))
- .get_matches();
-
- // Here we can call .unwrap() because the argument is required.
- println!("The .PNG file is: {}", matches.value_of("input").unwrap());
-}
-
-fn is_png(val: String) -> Result<(), String> {
- // val is the argument value passed in by the user
- // val has type of String.
- if val.ends_with(".png") {
- Ok(())
- } else {
- // clap automatically adds "error: " to the beginning
- // of the message.
- Err(String::from("the file format must be png."))
- }
- // Of course, you can do more complicated validation as
- // well, but for the simplicity, this example only checks
- // if the value passed in ends with ".png" or not.
-}