The [1:] is a slice starting from the second element (index 1) and going to the end of the arguments list. This is because the first element is the name of the Python file, and we want to …

Aug 31, 2008 · Note: A Python dict, semantically used for keyword argument passing, is arbitrarily ordered. However, in Python 3.6+, keyword arguments are guaranteed to remember insertion …

Apr 4, 2014 · You can use the sys module like this to pass command line arguments to your Python script.

This page provides methods to read and parse command line arguments effectively for programming tasks.

What's the easiest, tersest, and most flexible method or library for parsing Python command line arguments?

466 I have a Python function which takes several arguments. Some of these arguments could be omitted in some scenarios.

Dec 17, 2020 · I was trying to download a GUI, but the terminal kept giving me this error: Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this …

May 28, 2009 · Sometimes you don't want to specify the number of arguments and want to use keys for them (the compiler will complain if one argument passed in a dictionary is not used in …

The relevant Python bug is Issue 15112. argparse: nargs='*' positional argument doesn't accept any items if preceded by an option and another positional When argparse parses ['1', '2', '- …

Nov 20, 2009 · On the basis that a good sample is sometimes better than a long discourse I will write two functions using all python variable argument passing facilities (both positional and …