CMD Arguments

Hi Guys,

Im trying to write a console application with arguments.

i have done simple ones ie: file.exe "input" "output"

however i want to do this with specific arguments ie:

file.exe -i "something" -sub "Test" - To "[email protected]" -Cc "someone" -body "body text" etc.

Can anybody help me with this please.

Cheers

Nick

You get the commandline arguments using Environment.GetCommandlineArgs, which returns a String array. You can use Array.IndexOf to determine which of your flags are present and where they are. For each flag that requires a value, you get the element at the next index and that's your value.

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Originally Posted by jmcilhinney

You get the commandline arguments using Environment.GetCommandlineArgs, which returns a String array. You can use Array.IndexOf to determine which of your flags are present and where they are. For each flag that requires a value, you get the element at the next index and that's your value.

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Cheers Pal.

I will try this shortly :-)

Nice one.

You can use the Main method found at Program.cs class,adding the string[] args as parameter and use it.
And you can write a simple code that receive all arguments and they values.

I wrote a simple algorithm that store all command args and it values in a Dictionary:

Code:

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Dictionary<string, string> commandArgs = new Dictionary<string, string>();

for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i += 2)
{
 if (args.Length < i)
  break;

 if (args[i].StartsWith("-") && args[i].Length > 1)
 {
  if (args.Length > (i + 1) && !args[i + 1].StartsWith("-"))
  {
  commandArgs.Add(args[i], args[i + 1]);
  }
  else
  {
  --i;
  continue;
  }
 }
 else
 {
  --i;
  continue;
 }
}

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You can use like:

Code:

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string body = commandArgs["body"];

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