command line arguments PYTHON

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Code

import sys

def main()
    print(sys.argv)

Version - 3.3

File name Pytest.py

running the file with syntax pytest.py aaa bbb ccc

But it didn't print anything and not giving any error also

Blender · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-20 03:53:01Z

7

You never call main().

Python has no special main function that is run automatically, so instead, you can place the code that you want to run when the file is called from the command line into a special if block:

import sys

def main():
    print(sys.argv)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

edited May 20, 2013 at 3:53

answered May 20, 2013 at 3:45

Blender

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Elazar Over a year ago

You (and the OP) forgot : for main()

tripleee Over a year ago

The __name__ convention is an important idiom, but for a simple test script, just don't put the code in a function. import sys; print(sys.argv)

Elazar · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-20 03:56:45Z

1

To elaborate @Blender's answer: Python functions does not compile like in C. Functions are statements - they are being executed when the control encounters them, and it begins at the first line of the file.

The following code is perfectly legal:

# get b somehow
if b:
    def foo(): return 1
else:
    def foo(): return 2

print(foo())

edited May 20, 2013 at 3:56

answered May 20, 2013 at 3:47

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