const std = @import("std"); const clap = @import("clap"); const debug = std.debug; pub fn main() !void { var direct_allocator = std.heap.DirectAllocator.init(); const allocator = &direct_allocator.allocator; defer direct_allocator.deinit(); // First we specify what parameters our program can take. const params = []clap.Param(u8){ clap.Param(u8).flag('h', clap.Names.both("help")), clap.Param(u8).option('n', clap.Names.both("number")), clap.Param(u8).positional('f'), }; // We then initialize an argument iterator. We will use the OsIterator as it nicely // wraps iterating over arguments the most efficient way on each os. var os_iter = clap.args.OsIterator.init(allocator); const iter = &os_iter.iter; defer os_iter.deinit(); // Consume the exe arg. const exe = try iter.next(); // Finally we initialize our streaming parser. var parser = clap.StreamingClap(u8, clap.args.OsIterator.Error).init(params, iter); // Because we use a streaming parser, we have to consume each argument parsed individually. while (try parser.next()) |arg| { // arg.param will point to the parameter which matched the argument. switch (arg.param.id) { 'h' => debug.warn("Help!\n"), 'n' => debug.warn("--number = {}\n", arg.value.?), // arg.value == null, if arg.param.takes_value == false. // Otherwise, arg.value is the value passed with the argument, such as "-a=10" // or "-a 10". 'f' => debug.warn("{}\n", arg.value.?), else => unreachable, } } }