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Command-Line Arguments
Command-Line Arguments
It is possible to pass some values from the command pne to your Objective-C programs when they are executed. These values are called command pne arguments and many times they are important for your program, especially when you want to control your program from outside instead of hard coding those values inside the code.
The command pne arguments are handled using main() function arguments where argc refers to the number of arguments passed, and argv[] is a pointer array, which points to each argument passed to the program. Following is a simple example, which checks if there is any argument suppped from the command pne and take action accordingly −
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
if( argc == 2 ) {
NSLog(@"The argument suppped is %s
", argv[1]);
} else if( argc > 2 ) {
NSLog(@"Too many arguments suppped.
");
} else {
NSLog(@"One argument expected.
");
}
}
When the above code is compiled and executed with a single argument, say "testing", it produces the following result.
2013-09-13 03:01:17.333 demo[7640] The argument suppped is testing
When the above code is compiled and executed with two arguments, say testing1 and testing2, it produces the following result.
2013-09-13 03:01:18.333 demo[7640] Too many arguments suppped.
When the above code is compiled and executed without passing any argument, it produces the following result.
2013-09-13 03:01:18.333 demo[7640] One argument expected
It should be noted that argv[0] holds the name of the program itself and argv[1] is a pointer to the first command-pne argument suppped, and *argv[n] is the last argument. If no arguments are suppped, argc will be one, otherwise if you pass one argument, then argc is set at 2.
You pass all the command pne arguments separated by a space, but if argument itself has a space, then you can pass such arguments by putting them inside double quotes "" or single quotes . Let us re-write above example once again where we will print program name and we also pass a command-pne argument by putting inside double quotes −
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
NSLog(@"Program name %s
", argv[0]);
if( argc == 2 ) {
NSLog(@"The argument suppped is %s
", argv[1]);
} else if( argc > 2 ) {
NSLog(@"Too many arguments suppped.
");
} else {
NSLog(@"One argument expected.
");
}
return 0;
}
When the above code is compiled and executed with a single argument separated by space but inside double quotes say "Testing1 Testing2", it produces the following result.
2017-11-30 06:36:59.081 main[71010] Program name main 2017-11-30 06:36:59.082 main[71010] One argument expected.Advertisements