Merge pull request #206 from p-ranav/feature/metavar_help_and_usage

METAVAR, Improved help, Samples (Based on #187)

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ target_include_directories(argparse INTERFACE
   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>)
 
+if(ARGPARSE_BUILD_SAMPLES)
+  add_subdirectory(samples)
+endif()
 
 if(ARGPARSE_BUILD_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(test)

README.md

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ catch (const std::runtime_error& err) {
 }
 
 if (program["--verbose"] == true) {
-    std::cout << "Verbosity enabled" << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "Verbosity enabled" << std::endl;
 }
 ```
 
@@ -338,15 +338,15 @@ The square of 4 is 16
 
 ```
 foo@bar:/home/dev/$ ./main --help
-Usage: main [options] square
+Usage: main [-h] [--verbose] square
 
 Positional arguments:
-square          display the square of a given number
+  square       	display the square of a given number
 
 Optional arguments:
--h --help       shows help message and exits [default: false]
+  -h, --help   	shows help message and exits
--v --version    prints version information and exits [default: false]
+  -v, --version	prints version information and exits
---verbose       [default: false]
+  --verbose
 ```
 
 You may also get the help message in string via `program.help().str()`.
@@ -357,30 +357,36 @@ You may also get the help message in string via `program.help().str()`.
 information. `ArgumentParser::add_epilog` will add text after all other help output.
 
 ```cpp
-argparse::ArgumentParser program("main");
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
 
-program.add_argument("thing")
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  .help("Thing to use.");
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("main");
-program.add_description("Forward a thing to the next member.");
+  program.add_argument("thing").help("Thing to use.").metavar("THING");
-program.add_epilog("Possible things include betingalw, chiz, and res.");
+  program.add_argument("--member").help("The alias for the member to pass to.").metavar("ALIAS");
+  program.add_argument("--verbose").default_value(false).implicit_value(true);
 
-program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  program.add_description("Forward a thing to the next member.");
+  program.add_epilog("Possible things include betingalw, chiz, and res.");
 
-std::cout << program << std::endl;
+  program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+
+  std::cout << program << std::endl;
+}
 ```
 
 ```console
-foo@bar:/home/dev/$ ./main --help
+Usage: main [-h] [--member ALIAS] [--verbose] THING
-Usage: main thing
 
 Forward a thing to the next member.
 
 Positional arguments:
-thing           Thing to use.
+  THING         	Thing to use.
 
 Optional arguments:
--h --help       shows help message and exits [default: false]
+  -h, --help    	shows help message and exits
--v --version    prints version information and exits [default: false]
+  -v, --version 	prints version information and exits
+  --member ALIAS	The alias for the member to pass to.
+  --verbose     	
 
 Possible things include betingalw, chiz, and res.
 ```
@@ -710,12 +716,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   // git add subparser
   argparse::ArgumentParser add_command("add");
+  add_command.add_description("Add file contents to the index");
   add_command.add_argument("files")
     .help("Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g.  *.c) can be given to add all matching files.")
     .remaining();
 
   // git commit subparser
   argparse::ArgumentParser commit_command("commit");
+  commit_command.add_description("Record changes to the repository");
   commit_command.add_argument("-a", "--all")
     .help("Tell the command to automatically stage files that have been modified and deleted.")
     .default_value(false)
@@ -726,6 +734,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   // git cat-file subparser
   argparse::ArgumentParser catfile_command("cat-file");
+  catfile_command.add_description("Provide content or type and size information for repository objects");
   catfile_command.add_argument("-t")
     .help("Instead of the content, show the object type identified by <object>.");
 
@@ -734,7 +743,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   // git submodule subparser
   argparse::ArgumentParser submodule_command("submodule");
+  submodule_command.add_description("Initialize, update or inspect submodules");
   argparse::ArgumentParser submodule_update_command("update");
+  submodule_update_command.add_description("Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject expects");
   submodule_update_command.add_argument("--init")
     .default_value(false)
     .implicit_value(true);
@@ -763,41 +774,52 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 ```console
 foo@bar:/home/dev/$ ./git --help
-Usage: git [options] <command> [<args>]
+Usage: git [-h] {add,cat-file,commit,submodule}
 
 Optional arguments:
--h --help    	shows help message and exits [default: false]
+  -h, --help   	shows help message and exits
--v --version 	prints version information and exits [default: false]
+  -v, --version	prints version information and exits
 
 Subcommands:
-add          	Add file contents to the index
+  add           Add file contents to the index
-cat-file     	Provide content or type and size information for repository objects
+  cat-file      Provide content or type and size information for repository objects
-commit       	Record changes to the repository
+  commit        Record changes to the repository
-submodule    	Initialize, update or inspect submodules
+  submodule     Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 
 foo@bar:/home/dev/$ ./git add --help
-Usage: git add [options] files 
+Usage: add [-h] files
 
 Add file contents to the index
 
 Positional arguments:
-files        	Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g.  *.c) can be given to add all matching files.
+  files        	Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g.  *.c) can be given to add all matching files.
 
 Optional arguments:
--h --help    	shows help message and exits [default: false]
+  -h, --help   	shows help message and exits
--v --version 	prints version information and exits [default: false]
+  -v, --version	prints version information and exits
+
+foo@bar:/home/dev/$ ./git commit --help
+Usage: commit [-h] [--all] [--message VAR]
+
+Record changes to the repository
+
+Optional arguments:
+  -h, --help   	shows help message and exits
+  -v, --version	prints version information and exits
+  -a, --all    	Tell the command to automatically stage files that have been modified and deleted.
+  -m, --message	Use the given <msg> as the commit message.
 
 foo@bar:/home/dev/$ ./git submodule --help
-Usage: git submodule [options] <command> [<args>]
+Usage: submodule [-h] {update}
 
 Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 
 Optional arguments:
--h --help    	shows help message and exits [default: false]
+  -h, --help   	shows help message and exits
--v --version 	prints version information and exits [default: false]
+  -v, --version	prints version information and exits
 
 Subcommands:
-update       	Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject expects
+  update        Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject expects
 ```
 
 When a help message is requested from a subparser, only the help for that particular parser will be printed. The help message will not include parent parser or sibling parser messages.

clang_format.bash

@@ -1 +1 @@
-clang-format -i include/argparse/*.hpp test/*.cpp
+clang-format -i include/argparse/*.hpp test/*.cpp samples/*.cpp

include/argparse/argparse.hpp

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include <charconv>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <functional>
+#include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <limits>
@@ -329,6 +330,21 @@ template <class T> struct parse_number<T, chars_format::fixed> {
   }
 };
 
+template <typename StrIt>
+std::string join(StrIt first, StrIt last, const std::string &separator) {
+  if (first == last) {
+    return "";
+  }
+  std::stringstream value;
+  value << *first;
+  ++first;
+  while (first != last) {
+    value << separator << *first;
+    ++first;
+  }
+  return value.str();
+}
+
 } // namespace details
 
 enum class nargs_pattern { optional, any, at_least_one };
@@ -379,6 +395,11 @@ public:
     return *this;
   }
 
+  Argument &metavar(std::string metavar) {
+    m_metavar = std::move(metavar);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
   template <typename T> Argument &default_value(T &&value) {
     m_default_value_repr = details::repr(value);
     m_default_value = std::forward<T>(value);
@@ -573,29 +594,90 @@ public:
     }
   }
 
+  std::string get_inline_usage() const {
+    std::stringstream usage;
+    // Find the longest variant to show in the usage string
+    std::string longest_name = m_names[0];
+    for (const auto &s : m_names) {
+      if (s.size() > longest_name.size()) {
+        longest_name = s;
+      }
+    }
+    if (!m_is_required) {
+      usage << "[";
+    }
+    usage << longest_name;
+    const std::string metavar = !m_metavar.empty() ? m_metavar : "VAR";
+    if (m_num_args_range.get_max() > 0) {
+      usage << " " << metavar;
+      if (m_num_args_range.get_max() > 1) {
+        usage << "...";
+      }
+    }
+    if (!m_is_required) {
+      usage << "]";
+    }
+    return usage.str();
+  }
+
   std::size_t get_arguments_length() const {
-    return std::accumulate(std::begin(m_names), std::end(m_names),
+
-                           std::size_t(0), [](const auto &sum, const auto &s) {
+    std::size_t names_size = std::accumulate(
-                             return sum + s.size() +
+        std::begin(m_names), std::end(m_names), std::size_t(0),
-                                    1; // +1 for space between names
+        [](const auto &sum, const auto &s) { return sum + s.size(); });
-                           });
+
+    if (is_positional(m_names.front(), m_prefix_chars)) {
+      // A set metavar means this replaces the names
+      if (!m_metavar.empty()) {
+        // Indent and metavar
+        return 2 + m_metavar.size();
+      }
+
+      // Indent and space-separated
+      return 2 + names_size + (m_names.size() - 1);
+    }
+    // Is an option - include both names _and_ metavar
+    // size = text + (", " between names)
+    std::size_t size = names_size + 2 * (m_names.size() - 1);
+    if (!m_metavar.empty() && m_num_args_range == NArgsRange{1, 1}) {
+      size += m_metavar.size() + 1;
+    }
+    return size + 2; // indent
   }
 
   friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &stream,
                                   const Argument &argument) {
     std::stringstream name_stream;
-    std::copy(std::begin(argument.m_names), std::end(argument.m_names),
+    name_stream << "  "; // indent
-              std::ostream_iterator<std::string>(name_stream, " "));
+    if (argument.is_positional(argument.m_names.front(),
-    stream << name_stream.str() << "\t" << argument.m_help;
+                               argument.m_prefix_chars)) {
-    if (argument.m_default_value.has_value()) {
+      if (!argument.m_metavar.empty()) {
-      if (!argument.m_help.empty()) {
+        name_stream << argument.m_metavar;
-        stream << " ";
+      } else {
+        name_stream << details::join(argument.m_names.begin(),
+                                     argument.m_names.end(), " ");
       }
+    } else {
+      name_stream << details::join(argument.m_names.begin(),
+                                   argument.m_names.end(), ", ");
+      // If we have a metavar, and one narg - print the metavar
+      if (!argument.m_metavar.empty() &&
+          argument.m_num_args_range == NArgsRange{1, 1}) {
+        name_stream << " " << argument.m_metavar;
+      }
+    }
+    stream << name_stream.str() << "\t" << argument.m_help;
+
+    // print nargs spec
+    if (!argument.m_help.empty()) {
+      stream << " ";
+    }
+    stream << argument.m_num_args_range;
+
+    if (argument.m_default_value.has_value() &&
+        argument.m_num_args_range != NArgsRange{0, 0}) {
       stream << "[default: " << argument.m_default_value_repr << "]";
     } else if (argument.m_is_required) {
-      if (!argument.m_help.empty()) {
-        stream << " ";
-      }
       stream << "[required]";
     }
     stream << "\n";
@@ -647,6 +729,29 @@ private:
     std::size_t get_min() const { return m_min; }
 
     std::size_t get_max() const { return m_max; }
+
+    // Print help message
+    friend auto operator<<(std::ostream &stream, const NArgsRange &range)
+        -> std::ostream & {
+      if (range.m_min == range.m_max) {
+        if (range.m_min != 0 && range.m_min != 1) {
+          stream << "[nargs: " << range.m_min << "] ";
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (range.m_max == std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max()) {
+          stream << "[nargs: " << range.m_min << " or more] ";
+        } else {
+          stream << "[nargs=" << range.m_min << ".." << range.m_max << "] ";
+        }
+      }
+      return stream;
+    }
+
+    bool operator==(const NArgsRange &rhs) const {
+      return rhs.m_min == m_min && rhs.m_max == m_max;
+    }
+
+    bool operator!=(const NArgsRange &rhs) const { return !(*this == rhs); }
   };
 
   void throw_nargs_range_validation_error() const {
@@ -913,6 +1018,7 @@ private:
   std::vector<std::string> m_names;
   std::string_view m_used_name;
   std::string m_help;
+  std::string m_metavar;
   std::any m_default_value;
   std::string m_default_value_repr;
   std::any m_implicit_value;
@@ -1094,8 +1200,8 @@ public:
    * @throws std::runtime_error in case of any invalid argument
    */
   // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-c-arrays)
-  void parse_known_args(int argc, const char *const argv[]) {
+  auto parse_known_args(int argc, const char *const argv[]) {
-    parse_known_args({argv, argv + argc});
+    return parse_known_args({argv, argv + argc});
   }
 
   /* Getter for options with default values.
@@ -1171,17 +1277,10 @@ public:
   friend auto operator<<(std::ostream &stream, const ArgumentParser &parser)
       -> std::ostream & {
     stream.setf(std::ios_base::left);
-    stream << "Usage: " << parser.m_parser_path << " [options] ";
-    for (const auto &argument : parser.m_positional_arguments) {
-      stream << argument.m_names.front() << " ";
-    }
 
-    if (!parser.m_subparser_map.empty()) {
+    auto longest_arg_length = parser.get_length_of_longest_argument();
-      stream << (parser.m_positional_arguments.empty() ? "" : " ")
+
-             << "<command> [<args>]";
+    stream << parser.usage() << "\n\n";
-    }
-    std::size_t longest_arg_length = parser.get_length_of_longest_argument();
-    stream << "\n\n";
 
     if (!parser.m_description.empty()) {
       stream << parser.m_description << "\n\n";
@@ -1212,8 +1311,10 @@ public:
                      : "\n")
              << "Subcommands:\n";
       for (const auto &[command, subparser] : parser.m_subparser_map) {
-        stream.width(static_cast<std::streamsize>(longest_arg_length));
+        stream << std::setw(2) << " ";
-        stream << command << "\t" << subparser->get().m_description << "\n";
+        stream << std::setw(static_cast<int>(longest_arg_length - 2))
+               << command;
+        stream << " " << subparser->get().m_description << "\n";
       }
     }
 
@@ -1232,6 +1333,48 @@ public:
     return out;
   }
 
+  // Format usage part of help only
+  auto usage() const -> std::string {
+    std::stringstream stream;
+
+    stream << "Usage: " << this->m_program_name;
+
+    // Add any options inline here
+    for (const auto &argument : this->m_optional_arguments) {
+      if (argument.m_names[0] == "-v") {
+        continue;
+      } else if (argument.m_names[0] == "-h") {
+        stream << " [-h]";
+      } else {
+        stream << " " << argument.get_inline_usage();
+      }
+    }
+    // Put positional arguments after the optionals
+    for (const auto &argument : this->m_positional_arguments) {
+      if (!argument.m_metavar.empty()) {
+        stream << " " << argument.m_metavar;
+      } else {
+        stream << " " << argument.m_names.front();
+      }
+    }
+    // Put subcommands after positional arguments
+    if (!m_subparser_map.empty()) {
+      stream << " {";
+      std::size_t i{0};
+      for (const auto &[command, unused] : m_subparser_map) {
+        if (i == 0) {
+          stream << command;
+        } else {
+          stream << "," << command;
+        }
+        ++i;
+      }
+      stream << "}";
+    }
+
+    return stream.str();
+  }
+
   // Printing the one and only help message
   // I've stuck with a simple message format, nothing fancy.
   [[deprecated("Use cout << program; instead.  See also help().")]] std::string

samples/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6)
+project(argparse_samples)
+
+if(MSVC)
+  # Force to always compile with W4
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS MATCHES "/W[0-4]")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "/W[0-4]" "/W4" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+  else()
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /W4")
+  endif()
+elseif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+  # Update if necessary
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wno-long-long -pedantic -Wsign-conversion -Wshadow -Wconversion")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
+endif()
+
+# Disable deprecation for windows
+if (WIN32)
+	add_compile_definitions(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+endif()
+
+function(add_sample NAME)
+  ADD_EXECUTABLE(ARGPARSE_SAMPLE_${NAME} ${NAME}.cpp)
+  INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("../include" ".")
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ARGPARSE_SAMPLE_${NAME} PRIVATE argparse::argparse)
+  set_target_properties(ARGPARSE_SAMPLE_${NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${NAME})
+endfunction()
+
+add_sample(positional_argument)
+add_sample(optional_flag_argument)
+add_sample(required_optional_argument)
+add_sample(is_used)
+add_sample(joining_repeated_optional_arguments)
+add_sample(repeating_argument_to_increase_value)
+add_sample(negative_numbers)
+add_sample(description_epilog_metavar)
+add_sample(list_of_arguments)
+add_sample(compound_arguments)
+add_sample(gathering_remaining_arguments)
+add_sample(subcommands)
+add_sample(parse_known_args)
+add_sample(custom_prefix_characters)
+add_sample(custom_assignment_characters)

samples/compound_arguments.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+
+  program.add_argument("-a").default_value(false).implicit_value(true);
+
+  program.add_argument("-b").default_value(false).implicit_value(true);
+
+  program.add_argument("-c")
+      .nargs(2)
+      .default_value(std::vector<float>{0.0f, 0.0f})
+      .scan<'g', float>();
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv); // Example: ./main -abc 1.95 2.47
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  auto a = program.get<bool>("-a");               // true
+  auto b = program.get<bool>("-b");               // true
+  auto c = program.get<std::vector<float>>("-c"); // {1.95, 2.47}
+
+  std::cout << "a: " << std::boolalpha << a << "\n";
+  std::cout << "b: " << b << "\n";
+  if (!c.empty()) {
+    std::cout << "c: ";
+    for (auto &v : c) {
+      std::cout << v << " ";
+    }
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+  }
+}

samples/custom_assignment_characters.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+#include <cassert>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+  program.set_prefix_chars("-+/");
+  program.set_assign_chars("=:");
+
+  program.add_argument("--foo");
+  program.add_argument("/B");
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("--foo")) {
+    std::cout << "--foo : " << program.get("--foo") << "\n";
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("/B")) {
+    std::cout << "/B    : " << program.get("/B") << "\n";
+  }
+}

samples/custom_prefix_characters.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+#include <cassert>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+  program.set_prefix_chars("-+/");
+
+  program.add_argument("+f");
+  program.add_argument("--bar");
+  program.add_argument("/foo");
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("+f")) {
+    std::cout << "+f    : " << program.get("+f") << "\n";
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("--bar")) {
+    std::cout << "--bar : " << program.get("--bar") << "\n";
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("/foo")) {
+    std::cout << "/foo  : " << program.get("/foo") << "\n";
+  }
+}

samples/description_epilog_metavar.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("main");
+  program.add_argument("thing").help("Thing to use.").metavar("THING");
+  program.add_argument("--member")
+      .help("The alias for the member to pass to.")
+      .metavar("ALIAS");
+  program.add_argument("--verbose").default_value(false).implicit_value(true);
+
+  program.add_description("Forward a thing to the next member.");
+  program.add_epilog("Possible things include betingalw, chiz, and res.");
+
+  program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+
+  std::cout << program << std::endl;
+}

samples/gathering_remaining_arguments.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("compiler");
+
+  program.add_argument("files").remaining();
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    auto files = program.get<std::vector<std::string>>("files");
+    std::cout << files.size() << " files provided" << std::endl;
+    for (auto &file : files)
+      std::cout << file << std::endl;
+  } catch (std::logic_error &e) {
+    std::cout << "No files provided" << std::endl;
+  }
+}

samples/is_used.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+
+  program.add_argument("--color")
+      .default_value(std::string{
+          "orange"}) // might otherwise be type const char* leading to an error
+                     // when trying program.get<std::string>
+      .help("specify the cat's fur color");
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv); // Example: ./main --color orange
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  auto color = program.get<std::string>("--color"); // "orange"
+  auto explicit_color =
+      program.is_used("--color"); // true, user provided orange
+  std::cout << "Color: " << color << "\n";
+  std::cout << "Argument was explicitly provided by user? " << std::boolalpha
+            << explicit_color << "\n";
+}

samples/joining_repeated_optional_arguments.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+
+  program.add_argument("--color")
+      .default_value<std::vector<std::string>>({"orange"})
+      .append()
+      .help("specify the cat's fur color");
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(
+        argc, argv); // Example: ./main --color red --color green --color blue
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  auto colors = program.get<std::vector<std::string>>(
+      "--color"); // {"red", "green", "blue"}
+
+  std::cout << "Colors: ";
+  for (const auto &c : colors) {
+    std::cout << c << " ";
+  }
+  std::cout << "\n";
+}

samples/list_of_arguments.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("main");
+
+  program.add_argument("--input_files")
+      .help("The list of input files")
+      .nargs(2);
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(
+        argc, argv); // Example: ./main --input_files config.yml System.xml
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  auto files = program.get<std::vector<std::string>>(
+      "--input_files"); // {"config.yml", "System.xml"}
+
+  if (!files.empty()) {
+    std::cout << "Files: ";
+    for (auto &file : files) {
+      std::cout << file << " ";
+    }
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+  }
+}

samples/negative_numbers.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+
+  program.add_argument("integer").help("Input number").scan<'i', int>();
+
+  program.add_argument("floats")
+      .help("Vector of floats")
+      .nargs(4)
+      .scan<'g', float>();
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("integer")) {
+    std::cout << "Integer : " << program.get<int>("integer") << "\n";
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("floats")) {
+    std::cout << "Floats  : ";
+    for (const auto &f : program.get<std::vector<float>>("floats")) {
+      std::cout << f << " ";
+    }
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+  }
+}

samples/optional_flag_argument.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+
+  program.add_argument("--verbose")
+      .help("increase output verbosity")
+      .default_value(false)
+      .implicit_value(true);
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (program["--verbose"] == true) {
+    std::cout << "Verbosity enabled" << std::endl;
+  }
+}

samples/parse_known_args.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+#include <cassert>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+  program.add_argument("--foo").implicit_value(true).default_value(false);
+  program.add_argument("bar");
+
+  auto unknown_args = program.parse_known_args(argc, argv);
+
+  if (program.is_used("--foo")) {
+    std::cout << "--foo        : " << program.get<bool>("--foo") << "\n";
+  }
+
+  if (program.is_used("bar")) {
+    std::cout << "bar          : " << program.get<std::string>("bar") << "\n";
+  }
+
+  if (!unknown_args.empty()) {
+    std::cout << "Unknown args : ";
+    for (const auto &u : unknown_args) {
+      std::cout << u << " ";
+    }
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+  }
+}

samples/positional_argument.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("main");
+
+  program.add_argument("square")
+      .help("display the square of a given number")
+      .scan<'i', int>();
+
+  program.add_argument("--verbose").default_value(false).implicit_value(true);
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  int input = program.get<int>("square");
+
+  if (program["--verbose"] == true) {
+    std::cout << "The square of " << input << " is " << (input * input)
+              << std::endl;
+  } else {
+    std::cout << (input * input) << std::endl;
+  }
+}

samples/repeating_argument_to_increase_value.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+
+  int verbosity = 0;
+  program.add_argument("-V", "--verbose")
+      .action([&](const auto &) { ++verbosity; })
+      .append()
+      .default_value(false)
+      .implicit_value(true)
+      .nargs(0);
+
+  program.parse_args(argc, argv); // Example: ./main -VVVV
+
+  std::cout << "verbose level: " << verbosity << std::endl; // verbose level: 4
+}

samples/required_optional_argument.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("test");
+
+  program.add_argument("-o", "--output")
+      .required()
+      .help("specify the output file.");
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "Output written to " << program.get("-o") << "\n";
+}

samples/subcommands.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#include <argparse/argparse.hpp>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  argparse::ArgumentParser program("git");
+
+  // git add subparser
+  argparse::ArgumentParser add_command("add");
+  add_command.add_description("Add file contents to the index");
+  add_command.add_argument("files")
+      .help("Files to add content from. Fileglobs (e.g.  *.c) can be given to "
+            "add all matching files.")
+      .remaining();
+
+  // git commit subparser
+  argparse::ArgumentParser commit_command("commit");
+  commit_command.add_description("Record changes to the repository");
+  commit_command.add_argument("-a", "--all")
+      .help("Tell the command to automatically stage files that have been "
+            "modified and deleted.")
+      .default_value(false)
+      .implicit_value(true);
+
+  commit_command.add_argument("-m", "--message")
+      .help("Use the given <msg> as the commit message.");
+
+  // git cat-file subparser
+  argparse::ArgumentParser catfile_command("cat-file");
+  catfile_command.add_description(
+      "Provide content or type and size information for repository objects");
+  catfile_command.add_argument("-t").help(
+      "Instead of the content, show the object type identified by <object>.");
+
+  catfile_command.add_argument("-p").help(
+      "Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type.");
+
+  // git submodule subparser
+  argparse::ArgumentParser submodule_command("submodule");
+  submodule_command.add_description("Initialize, update or inspect submodules");
+  argparse::ArgumentParser submodule_update_command("update");
+  submodule_update_command.add_description(
+      "Update the registered submodules to match what the superproject "
+      "expects");
+  submodule_update_command.add_argument("--init")
+      .default_value(false)
+      .implicit_value(true);
+  submodule_update_command.add_argument("--recursive")
+      .default_value(false)
+      .implicit_value(true);
+  submodule_command.add_subparser(submodule_update_command);
+
+  program.add_subparser(add_command);
+  program.add_subparser(commit_command);
+  program.add_subparser(catfile_command);
+  program.add_subparser(submodule_command);
+
+  try {
+    program.parse_args(argc, argv);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error &err) {
+    std::cerr << err.what() << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << program;
+    std::exit(1);
+  }
+
+  // Use arguments
+}

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6)
-project(argparse)
+project(argparse_tests)
 
 if(MSVC)
   # Force to always compile with W4
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ file(GLOB ARGPARSE_TEST_SOURCES
 set_source_files_properties(main.cpp
     PROPERTIES
     COMPILE_DEFINITIONS DOCTEST_CONFIG_IMPLEMENT_WITH_MAIN)
-ADD_EXECUTABLE(ARGPARSE ${ARGPARSE_TEST_SOURCES})
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(ARGPARSE_TESTS ${ARGPARSE_TEST_SOURCES})
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("../include" ".")
-set_target_properties(ARGPARSE PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME tests)
+set_target_properties(ARGPARSE_TESTS PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME tests)
-set_property(TARGET ARGPARSE PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set_property(TARGET ARGPARSE_TESTS PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 # Set ${PROJECT_NAME} as the startup project
-set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY VS_STARTUP_PROJECT ARGPARSE)
+set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY VS_STARTUP_PROJECT ARGPARSE_TESTS)