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  • getopts in python

    I am new to python, have been working in perl. I am trying to implement getopts in python, but I am failing to understand it.


    I have the below code:
    Code:
    #!/usr/bin/python
    
    from Bio import SeqIO
    import sys, getopt
    
    def main(argv):
       
       for i in argv:
        print "This is in for loop "+i
       
       listfile = ''
       pdbfile = ''
       
       try:
          opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"pdb:list:",["pfile=","lfile="])
       except getopt.GetoptError:
          print 'check.py -pdb <pdbfile> -list <listfile>'
          
          sys.exit(2)
       for opt, arg in opts:
          
          if opt in ("-pdb","--pfile"):
             pdbfile = arg
             
          if opt in ("-list","--lfile"):
             listfile = arg
       print 'Input file is "', listfile
       print 'Output file is "', pdbfile
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
       main(sys.argv[1:])
    I run it as:
    ./check.py -pdb ~/Documents/pdb/pdb_seqres.txt -list ~/Documents/pdb/list.txt
    The output I get is:
    This is in for loop -pdb
    This is in for loop /home/sariya/Documents/pdb/pdb_seqres.txt
    This is in for loop -list
    This is in for loop /home/sariya/Documents/pdb/list.txt
    Input file is "
    Output file is "
    when I print arg, I get blank. so it tells me there is not value passed in arg. Why?

    So my pdbfile and listfile are getting blank.
    Please guide.
    Bioinformaticscally calm

  • #2
    You may have your reasons to prefer using the getopts module, but I really like the argparse module, especially in Python 3.4.

    Very simple, intuitive and powerful.

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    • #3
      In the Python getopts module, short arguments are a single character by default.

      so
      > opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"pdb:list:",["pfile=","lfile="])

      should be:
      > opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"p:l:",["pfile=","lfile="])

      And your assignment should be then become:

      > if opt in ("-p","--pfile"):
      and
      > if opt in ("-l","--lfile"):

      The drawback of using argparse is that this module is not standard in Python 2.6.
      Last edited by R.W.W.Brouwer; 05-01-2014, 11:49 PM. Reason: typos, typos and more typos

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      • #4
        @R.W.W.Brouwer - Thank you for pointing out the issue. I didn't know about single character.

        @blancha - I didn't know for argparse. I will try that too.
        Bioinformaticscally calm

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