Getopt::ExPar Getopt::ExPar contains extended parameters command line parser.
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Getopt::ExPar contains extended parameters command line parser. Getopt::ExPar contains extended parameters command line parser.SYNOPSIS use Getopt::ExPar; my(@PDT, @MM, %OPT); ExPar @PDT, @MM, $OPT;EXPORTuse Getopt::ExPar exports the sub ExPar into your name space.ExPar is a perl5 module used to parse command line parameters. This package uses the @PDT, Parameter Description Table, and the @MM, Message Module, to return %OPT which is a hash reference containing the command line option data. The function of Getopt::ExPar is based on Getopt::EvaP, created by Stephen O. Lidie.IntroductionThe ExPar function parses a perl command line. Using the option definitions in the @PDT, argument types are checked and the arguments themselves may be checked against a specified range or pattern. By using both @PDT and @MM, several types of help may be retured to the user. ExPar handles command lines with this format: command where any parameters and file_list are optional.Parameter Description Table (PDT) SyntaxHere is the PDT syntax. Optional constructs are enclosed in [], and the | character separates possible values in a list. PDT : type default_value]] PDTEND flag_list is one or more of the following flags: optional_file_list | required_file_list | no_file_list: specifies condition of list of files at end of command line. (only one of these may be specified) abbreviations: allows for abbreviations of commands or aliases as long as enough of the command is given to make it distinguishable from all others. If not, a message is printed so the user may be more specific. switchglomming: allows for multiple single-letter switch options to be specified as single option (must be first option). pdt_warnings: for debugging a @PDT, it prints out messages that are not necessarily errors, like inconsistent number of default values in a list, etc.The default_variable is an environment variable - see the section Usage Notes for complete details.So, the simplest possible PDT would be: PDT PDTENDThis PDT would simply define a -help switch for the command, but is rather useless.A typical PDT would look more like this: PDT frog number, n: integer = 1 chars, c: string = "default_string" PDTEND no_file_listThis PDT, for command frog, defines two parameters, number (or n), of type integer with a default value of 1, and chars (or c), of type string with a default value of "default_string". The PDTEND no_file_list indicator indicates that no trailing file_list can appear on the command line. Of course, the -help switch is defined automatically.Each of these options may be further refined by using a range and a pattern, respectively: PDT frog number, n: integer (((#

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