Command line parameters

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markhobley
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Command line parameters

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How do I obtain the command line parameters from within main.lua? I tried the following, but this produces no data on the console:

-- This is main.lua
print( "Program name:", arg[0] )
print "Arguments:"
for l = 1, #arg do
print( l," ", arg[l] )
end
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Re: Command line parameters

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The easiest way is probably the table passed to love.load.
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Re: Command line parameters

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I believe in default Löve, love.run calls love.load with the arg parameter. So do your check in love.load and make sure it says function love.load(arg).

For me the three arguments I get are the love project, "embeded boot.lua" and the love binary. You can use it to check the table for any argument you want.
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Re: Command line parameters

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I revised the script as follows:

-- This is main.lua
function love.load ()
print("Program name", arg[0])
print("Arguments:")
for l = 1, #arg do
print(l," ",arg[l])
end
end

I got some funny results on a Microsoft Windows based system, but I will try this on Unix, when I get home at the weekend.
On Microsoft Windows, the parameters were shifted.

Program name: nil
Arguments:
1 --console
2 C:\Love\test
3 foo
4 bar

Also on Microsoft Windows, I could not drag the mouse over the console window to select the text for copy and paste.

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Re: Command line parameters

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Your script has a couple problems. love.load doesn't take the arg argument. It should be:

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function love.load(arg)
Secondly, Lua indicies start at 1, not 0. So adjust your indicies to account for this.

Finally, please use [ code ] (without spaces of course) for your code samples.
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Re: Command line parameters

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the arg indice are also :
-1 is the command like called (relative or absolute name)
0 the first argument, usualy the .lua file (or the .love file for love)

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The command :
   echo "for k,v in pairs(arg) do print(k,v) end" | /usr/bin/lua - a b "c d"
Result :
1	a
2	b
3	c d
-1	/usr/bin/lua
0	-
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Re: Command line parameters

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0 is the first argument? That seems a bit inconsistent. :huh:
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BlackBulletIV wrote:0 is the first argument? That seems a bit inconsistent. :huh:
It's because you usually don't want to count the file as an argument, since it is supposed to be the actual program anyway. (And it really starts at -1, doesn't it?)
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Oooh, I see; that makes sense. That way, when you use pairs/ipairs it'll only give you the arguments after the binary and source file.
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Re: Command line parameters

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Exactly.
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