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Extended CmdLine-Handling


ProgAndy
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Have you ever wanted to have a better handling of parameters in the form /parameter="A value", -parameter value, +parameter:"value ""inline"" quotes", ... ?

These UDFs help you to accomplish the task in a simple and elegant way, creating a 2D-Array that combines each parameter with its value.

#include-once
; #FUNCTION# ====================================================================================================================
; Name...........: _CmdLine_GetClean
; Description ...: Strips leading AutoIt-parameters from $CMDLINERAW
; Syntax.........: _CmdLine_GetClean()
; Parameters ....:
; Return values .: $CMDLINERAW without AutoIt-parameters
; Author ........: ProgAndy
; ===============================================================================================================================

; #FUNCTION# ====================================================================================================================
; Name...........: _CmdLine_ParseParameters
; Description ...: Parses commandline parameters
; Syntax.........: _CmdLine_ParseParameters($sParameters [, $fSpaceForValue = True])
; Parameters ....: $sParameters     - string with parameters in commandline form
;                  $fSpaceForValue  - [optional] Allow space between a parameter and its value. (default: True)
;                  |If this parameter is false, a value must be separated via :, = or | from the argumentname.
;                  +Also, parameters are not required to be prefixed with --, +, -, /, | but it is allowed.
;                  |If it is true, also a space is allowed to separate argument and value, but all
;                  +parameters must be prefixed with --, +, -, / or |.
;                  $fUnescapeQuotes - [optional] Specify whether quotes in quote values are unescaped (default: false)
; Return values .: Success      - 2D-Array in the following format:
;                  |    $array[$i][0] : prefix
;                  |    $array[$i][1] : Parameter without prefix
;                  |    $array[$i][2] : Value with quotation marks (only if value has quotaion marks)
;                  |    $array[$i][3] : Value without quotation marks
;                  Failure      - 0 and @error <> 0
; Author ........: ProgAndy
; Modified.......:
; Remarks .......: Quotes inside of double quotes must be doubled to get them through: /param="Value with ""some"" quotes"
;                  This can be automatically reversed by setting $fUnescapeQuotes to True.
;                  Then $array[$i][3] will contain 'Value with "some" quotes'.
; ===============================================================================================================================

; #FUNCTION# ====================================================================================================================
; Name...........: _CmdLine_Split
; Description ...: Separates a filename and the given parameters
; Syntax.........: _CmdLine_Split($sCommand)
; Parameters ....: $sCommand     - string with command (filename + parameters)
; Return values .: Success - Array with 2 values.
;                  |[0] - the found filename.
;                  |[1] - the parameters
;                  Error  - 0 (No filename was found)
; Author ........: ProgAndy
; ===============================================================================================================================

CmdLine.au3

Edited by ProgAndy

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Excellent! I pass command line arguments to my AutoIt scripts all the time and this makes it so easy. Shame on everyone for not recognizing this sooner. You rock!

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing towards what will be. - Kahlil Gibran
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Not recognizing this sooner? Shame on you for not seeing :)

Mines based on a similar idea, but I worked with the default AutoIt $CmdLine array, and instead of using a 2D array, the user calls a function called CmdLine() with a string value of the parameter, and it returns it's argument if it has one, true if it is there but without an argument, and false otherwise.

Nice work though ProgAndy :)

Mat

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