python managing arguments code example

Example 1: how to get command line arguments in python

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

print 'Number of arguments:', len(sys.argv), 'arguments.'
print 'Argument List:', str(sys.argv)

Example 2: how to take list as command line arguments in python

>>> input = "[2,3,4,5]"
>>> map(float, input.strip('[]').split(','))
[2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0]
>>> A = map(float, input.strip('[]').split(','))
>>> print(A, type(A))
([2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0], <type 'list'>)