OpenEuphoria

Newbie frustration with command_line()

• Posted by robby <robby at prgalaska.com> Jul 06, 2004
• 511 views

I'm just now starting to play around with euphoria, and I tried tweaking some
sample programs to get a feel for it.

I'm having a bit of a problem with sending arguments via the command line. I
can't seem to get the command line function to work. if I have this code (which I
copied off this forum):

include get.e
sequence parm, fileName
atom vwait
   parm = command_line()
   if length(parm) > 2 then
      -- they entered a file name
      -- note that only the first name entered is used
      fileName = parm[3]
   else
      -- no file name
      fileName = "none"
   end if
puts(1, fileName)
vwait =wait_key()

I get "none" output to the console like I'd expect if I pass no command line
arguments...

but if I DO pas arguments, I still get none. (format cmdline.exw test test2 etc)

I tried sending the count to the console, but all I got (with and without
arguments) was this wierd smiley looking thing, but I have a feeling I was trying
to output something that wasn't in the right format on that one.

So, does any of this ring any bells for anyone? Thanks!

Oh yeah I'm using windows xp home