extern crate clap; use clap::{App, Arg}; fn main() { // If you have arguments of specific values you want to test for, you can use the // .possible_values() method of Arg // // This allows you specify the valid values for that argument. If the user does not use one of // those specific values, they will receive a graceful exit with error message informing them // of the mistake, and what the possible valid values are // // For this example, assume you want one positional argument of either "fast" or "slow" // i.e. the only possible ways to run the program are "myprog fast" or "myprog slow" let matches = App::new("myapp").about("does awesome things") .arg(Arg::with_name("MODE") .help("What mode to run the program in") .index(1) .possible_values(&["fast", "slow"]) .required(true)) .get_matches(); // Note, it's safe to call unwrap() because the arg is required match matches.value_of("MODE").unwrap() { "fast" => { // Do fast things... }, "slow" => { // Do slow things... }, _ => unreachable!() } }