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If the characher is followed by a colon (:) then that option requires an additional parameter. These parameters are returned as const char* so you must use functions like atoi() or atof() if you would like numerical results.</p> <p><div class="fragment"><pre class="fragment"><span class="keywordtype">int</span> parse_args(<span class="keywordtype">int</span> argc, <span class="keywordtype">char</span>** argv) { <span class="comment">// set the flags</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keywordtype">char</span>* optflags = <span class="stringliteral">"h:p:i:d:u:lm:"</span>; <span class="keywordtype">int</span> ch; <span class="comment">// use getopt to parse the flags</span> <span class="keywordflow">while</span>(-1 != (ch = getopt(argc, argv, optflags))) { <span class="keywordflow">switch</span>(ch) { <span class="comment">// case values must match long_options</span> <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'h'</span>: <span class="comment">// hostname</span> gHostname = optarg; <span class="keywordflow">break</span>; <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'p'</span>: <span class="comment">// port</span> gPort = atoi(optarg); <span class="keywordflow">break</span>; <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'i'</span>: <span class="comment">// index</span> gIndex = atoi(optarg); <span class="keywordflow">break</span>; <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'d'</span>: <span class="comment">// debug</span> gDebug = atoi(optarg); <span class="keywordflow">break</span>; <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'u'</span>: <span class="comment">// update rate</span> gFrequency = atoi(optarg); <span class="keywordflow">break</span>; <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'m'</span>: <span class="comment">// datamode</span> gDataMode = atoi(optarg); <span class="keywordflow">break</span>; <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'l'</span>: <span class="comment">// datamode</span> gUseLaser = <span class="keyword">true</span>; <span class="keywordflow">break</span>; <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">'?'</span>: <span class="comment">// help</span> <span class="keywordflow">case</span> <span class="charliteral">':'</span>: <span class="keywordflow">default</span>: <span class="comment">// unknown</span> print_usage(argc, argv); exit (-1); } } <span class="keywordflow">return</span> (0); } <span class="comment">// end parse_args</span> </pre></div></p> <p>It is also often helpfull to include a short output function that explains the option parameters to your program.</p> <div class="fragment"><pre class="fragment"> USAGE: myprogram [options] Where [options] can be: -h <hostname> : hostname to connect to (default: localhost) -p <port> : port where Player will listen (default: 6665) -i <index> : device index (default: 0) -d <level> : debug message level (0 = none -- 9 = all) -u <rate> : set server update rate to <rate> in Hz -m <datamode> : set server data delivery mode PLAYER_DATAMODE_PUSH = 1 PLAYER_DATAMODE_PULL = 2 </pre></div><p><div class="fragment"><pre class="fragment"><span class="keywordtype">void</span> print_usage(<span class="keywordtype">int</span> argc, <span class="keywordtype">char</span>** argv) { <span class="keyword">using namespace </span>std; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">"USAGE: "</span> << *argv << <span class="stringliteral">" [options]"</span> << endl << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">"Where [options] can be:"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" -h <hostname> : hostname to connect to (default: "</span> << <a class="code" href="group__player__clientlib__utility.html#ga877a8a285e27eba8490bdd5861e4d288" title="The default hostname for PlayerClient.">PlayerCc::PLAYER_HOSTNAME</a> << <span class="stringliteral">")"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" -p <port> : port where Player will listen (default: "</span> << <a class="code" href="group__player__clientlib__utility.html#ga6f4cc8d7ad32a50feb9c285cbe795df7" title="The default port number for PlayerClient.">PlayerCc::PLAYER_PORTNUM</a> << <span class="stringliteral">")"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" -i <index> : device index (default: 0)"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" -d <level> : debug message level (0 = none -- 9 = all)"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" -u <rate> : set server update rate to <rate> in Hz"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" -l : Use laser if applicable"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" -m <datamode> : set server data delivery mode"</span> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" PLAYER_DATAMODE_PUSH = "</span> << <a class="code" href="group__interface__player.html#ga873facd47a9efaa244a411efedb659c9" title="Data delivery mode: Send data from all subscribed devices all the time (i.e.">PLAYER_DATAMODE_PUSH</a> << endl; cerr << <span class="stringliteral">" PLAYER_DATAMODE_PULL = "</span> << <a class="code" href="group__interface__player.html#ga32e47dfa038a268985593fc0bb9cd19b" title="Data delivery mode: Only on request, send data from all subscribed devices.">PLAYER_DATAMODE_PULL</a> << endl; } <span class="comment">// end print_usage</span> </pre></div></p> <p>For the complete code see examples/libplayerc++/args.h </p> </div> <!-- render the modification time of the source file --> <div class="timestamp"> <hr> <table style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"> Last updated 12 September 2005 21:38:45 <!-- <td style="text-align:right;"> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer"><img style="vertical-align:middle;border:0;width:88px;height:31px" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-html401" alt="Valid HTML 4.01!"></a> <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/"> <img style="vertical-align:middle;border:0;width:88px;height:31px" src="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/images/vcss" alt="Valid CSS!"> </a> --> </tr> </table> </div> </tr> </table> </BODY> </HTML>