python sys.argv example

Example 1: python sys.argv

def add(a, b):
  return a + b

"""
You need to execute the script add.py as follows:
'python add.py 5 2'
The 'sys.argv[0]' is the name of your script,
so you need to get the second and the third one.
"""

print(add(int(sys.argv[1]), int(sys.argv[2])))

"""
With the command: 'python add.py 5 2',
this python script will returns 7
"""

Example 2: argv in python

#argv in python


import sys

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

#command in cmd :
$ python test.py arg1 arg2 arg3

# producing following result :
Number of arguments: 4 arguments.
Argument List: ['test.py', 'arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3']