go-arg/example_test.go

package arg

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

func split(s string) []string {
	return strings.Split(s, " ")
}

// This example demonstrates basic usage
func Example() {
	// These are the args you would pass in on the command line
	os.Args = split("./example --foo=hello --bar")

	var args struct {
		Foo string
		Bar bool
	}
	MustParse(&args)
	fmt.Println(args.Foo, args.Bar)
	// output: hello true
}

// This example demonstrates arguments that have default values
func Example_defaultValues() {
	// These are the args you would pass in on the command line
	os.Args = split("./example")

	var args struct {
		Foo string
	}
	args.Foo = "default value"
	MustParse(&args)
	fmt.Println(args.Foo)
	// output: default value
}

// This example demonstrates arguments that are required
func Example_requiredArguments() {
	// These are the args you would pass in on the command line
	os.Args = split("./example --foo=abc --bar")

	var args struct {
		Foo string `arg:"required"`
		Bar bool
	}
	MustParse(&args)
	fmt.Println(args.Foo, args.Bar)
	// output: abc true
}

// This example demonstrates positional arguments
func Example_positionalArguments() {
	// These are the args you would pass in on the command line
	os.Args = split("./example in out1 out2 out3")

	var args struct {
		Input  string   `arg:"positional"`
		Output []string `arg:"positional"`
	}
	MustParse(&args)
	fmt.Println("In:", args.Input)
	fmt.Println("Out:", args.Output)
	// output:
	// In: in
	// Out: [out1 out2 out3]
}

// This example demonstrates arguments that have multiple values
func Example_multipleValues() {
	// The args you would pass in on the command line
	os.Args = split("./example --database localhost --ids 1 2 3")

	var args struct {
		Database string
		IDs      []int64
	}
	MustParse(&args)
	fmt.Printf("Fetching the following IDs from %s: %v", args.Database, args.IDs)
	// output: Fetching the following IDs from localhost: [1 2 3]
}

// This eample demonstrates multiple value arguments that can be mixed with
// other arguments.
func Example_multipleMixed() {
	os.Args = split("./example -c cmd1 db1 -f file1 db2 -c cmd2 -f file2 -f file3 db3 -c cmd3")
	var args struct {
		Commands  []string `arg:"-c,separate"`
		Files     []string `arg:"-f,separate"`
		Databases []string `arg:"positional"`
	}
	MustParse(&args)
	fmt.Println("Commands:", args.Commands)
	fmt.Println("Files:", args.Files)
	fmt.Println("Databases:", args.Databases)

	// output:
	// Commands: [cmd1 cmd2 cmd3]
	// Files: [file1 file2 file3]
	// Databases: [db1 db2 db3]
}

// This example shows the usage string generated by go-arg
func Example_usageString() {
	// These are the args you would pass in on the command line
	os.Args = split("./example --help")

	var args struct {
		Input    string   `arg:"positional"`
		Output   []string `arg:"positional"`
		Verbose  bool     `arg:"-v" help:"verbosity level"`
		Dataset  string   `help:"dataset to use"`
		Optimize int      `arg:"-O,help:optimization level"`
	}
	MustParse(&args)
}