PYTHON

python get arguments

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-d', '--date', help='date of event', type=str)
parser.add_argument('-t', '--time', help='time of event', type=str)
args = parser.parse_args()

print(f'Event was on {args.date} at {args.time}')

program arguments python

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

for args in sys.argv:
  print(args)

"""
If you were to call the program with subsequent arguments, the output 
will be of the following
Call:
python3 sys.py homie no

Output:
sys.py
homie
no
"""

python arguments

import sys

print ("the script has the name %s" % (sys.argv[0])

python keyword arguments

#in python, arguments can be used using keywords
#the format is:
def function(arg,kwarg='default'):
    return [arg,kwarg]

Python Function Arguments

def greet(name, msg):
    """This function greets to
    the person with the provided message"""
    print("Hello", name + ', ' + msg)

greet("Monica", "Good morning!")