A simple argument parsing library for V. Ported from this file which was originally written on Typescript.

The version of this module will remain in 0.x.x unless the language API's are finalized and implemented.

// dummy.v
import vargs // or import nedpals.vargs for vpm users
import os

fn main() {
    // Second argument removes the first argument which contains the path of the executable.
    mut _args := vargs.new(os.args, 1)
    
    // Use the `alias` method if you want to map an option to an existing option.
    _args.alias('W', 'with')

    // Parsing is now a separate step
    _args.parse()

    println(_args.str())
    println(_args.command)
    println(_args.unknown[0])
    println('with? ' + _args.options['with'])
}

./dummy cook chicken --with love -W soul
# { command: "cook", options: {"with" => "love"}, unknown: ["chicken"] }
# cook
# chicken
# with? love,soul

Via vpm:

v install nedpals.vargs

Via vpkg:

vpkg get vargs

# or

vpkg get https://github.com/nedpals/vargs

1. Breaking change on the usage of the library.
2. alias(orig, dest) for mapping options to existing ones.
3. Array and the start index are now moved into the Args struct as internal fields.
4. Default values are now moved inside the declaration of the Args struct.

1. Use comma-separated values of an option as array of strings with the array_option(name) function
2. Fixed unused variable error.
3. Options values are now merged if the name of the option has already existed.
4. Fixed problem when installing module from VPM. #2
5. Final stable release? Hmmm

1. Merge duplicate codes into a function.
2. Fixed another unused variable error.

1. Fixed parsing errors when used in complex scenarios.
2. Add proper tests.
3. Now only works with 0.1.22 and above.
4. Fixed maps formatting when converting Args to string.
5. Partial refactoring of code including converting if statements to match

1. Fix breaking changes when compiling on V 0.1.23

1. Fork it (https://github.com/nedpals/vargs/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

To test the module, just type the following command:

v test vargs_test.v

MIT

• Ned Palacios - creator and maintainer