method

getopts

v1_9_3_392 - Show latest stable - Class: OptionParser

getopts(*args)

public

Wrapper method for getopts.rb.

params = ARGV.getopts("ab:", "foo", "bar:")
# params[:a] = true   # -a
# params[:b] = "1"    # -b1
# params[:foo] = "1"  # --foo
# params[:bar] = "x"  # --bar x

# File lib/optparse.rb, line 1466
  def getopts(*args)
    argv = Array === args.first ? args.shift : default_argv
    single_options, *long_options = *args

    result = {}

    single_options.scan(/(.)(:)?/) do |opt, val|
      if val
        result[opt] = nil
        define("-#{opt} VAL")
      else
        result[opt] = false
        define("-#{opt}")
      end
    end if single_options

    long_options.each do |arg|
      opt, val = arg.split(':', 2)
      if val
        result[opt] = val.empty? ? nil : val
        define("--#{opt} VAL")
      else
        result[opt] = false
        define("--#{opt}")
      end
    end

    parse_in_order(argv, result.method(:[]=))
    result
  end

getopts

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