I think you probably need: sys.argv = ['script', -sName] argv[0] is, by long convention, the command name.
Randolph On Oct 7, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Maria McKinley wrote: > I couldn't get either the sys.argv.extend or sys.argv = [None...] to work. I > just keep getting the error to specify that option. They do specify it kind > of strangely. the option is script.py -sName > which I've never seen before. They just kind of run the option name and the > argument together. I tried all kinds of variations > '-sname' > '-s', 'name' > '-s=name' > 's=name' > > Nothing works. This library doesn't seem to have an option for running it > directly from the python API. I'm thinking their library was not tested with > actual test code. Meh. > > I'm contemplating mucking with their code to set a default for their > 'mandatory' option, but I'd really rather not do that. > > And yes, testing it as a script would not be unit testing. I'm not sure what > I was imagining there. ;-) > > thanks, > Maria > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Matt S. <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris beat me to the punch but here's what I was thinking... > > http://docs.python.org/2/library/optparse.html > > 15.5.3.7 Parsing arguments > (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args=None, values=None) > > where the input parameters are > args -- the list of arguments to process (default: sys.argv[1:]) > > It looks to me like you just need to emulate sys.argv[1:]. > > ./myscript.py -a val1 -b val2 > > Maybe a bad idea but I think if you import sys and then define sys.argv as a > list whose first item is going to be ignored: > > if __name__=='__main__': > sys.argv = [None, "-a", "val1", "-b", "val2"] > > start() > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Maria McKinley <[email protected]> > wrote: > I am using a python package that has a required command line option I am > suppose to use when I invoke my script if I am using their library. Kind of > weird, I know, I love required options! I want to load my class from the > python interpreter for testing purposes. Is there a way to specify options > from the python interpreter? I know that __main__ is run from the command > line, so I should be able to add stuff in an if statement that checks to see > if __main__ was called, and before I run the method start(), which loads > their stuff, but not sure what. I also know that they are using optparse to > check the options. > > This is for unit testing, so alternatively if there is a sensible way to unit > test scripts with command line options, that would work, but that seems > trickier. And honestly, the way this package is set up, not sure how far I'm > really going to get with unit testing, at all. :-( > > And no, in case you are wondering, I'm not excited about using this package, > but I don't have a choice in the matter. For the curious, here is the package. > > http://memory.psych.upenn.edu/PandaEPL > > Thanks, > Maria > > > > > -- > Maria Mckinley > Software Developer with Bonus SysAdmin Experience > www.mariakathryn.net > www.linkedin.com/in/mariamckinley
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