python command line keyword arguments code example

Example 1: python get command line arguments

import sys
print("This is the name of the script:", sys.argv[0])
print("Number of arguments:", len(sys.argv))
print("The arguments are:" , str(sys.argv))

#Example output
#This is the name of the script: sysargv.py
#Number of arguments in: 3
#The arguments are: ['sysargv.py', 'arg1', 'arg2']

Example 2: python keyword arguments

#in python, arguments can be used using keywords
#the format is:
def function(arg,kwarg='default'):
    return [arg,kwarg]