Re: [Tutor] OptionParser

2011-09-20 Thread Prasad, Ramit
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Re: [Tutor] OptionParser

2011-09-20 Thread Mina Nozar
Thank you Parsad. I am using Python 2.7.1+ You are right, looks like optparse is replaced by argparse. My problem was that I was checking output and not options.output. cheers, Mina On 11-09-20 02:27 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote: from optparse import OptionParser I am not sure what version of Py

Re: [Tutor] OptionParser

2011-09-20 Thread Prasad, Ramit
> from optparse import OptionParser I am not sure what version of Python you are using but from 2.7+ optparse is deprercated. You may want to use that if you can. > I don't really understand what dest and action in the arguments to > parser.add_option mean. Here is your usage: >>> parser = Op

Re: [Tutor] OptionParser

2011-09-19 Thread Wayne Werner
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Mina Nozar wrote: > ** > I don't really understand what dest and action in the arguments to > parser.add_option mean. > Any help is appreciated. > Have you read the fine manual, specifically the sections here: http://docs.python.org/library/optparse.html#optparse

[Tutor] OptionParser

2011-09-19 Thread Mina Nozar
Hello, I am trying to use OptionParser (my first time) to set a variable (cvs_output). i.e. if --csv is given in the list of options, then cvs_output = True. Then I check, if cvs_output == True: [...] I have the following so far but something is missing. from optparse import OptionParser usa