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- Adds section "Parsing" to tutorial.rdoc.
- Removes section "Terminators" from option_params.rdoc. (Terminator '--' is not an option parameter.)
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20 changes: 0 additions & 20 deletions doc/optparse/option_params.rdoc
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- {Handler Blocks}[#label-Handler+Blocks]
- {Handler Procs}[#label-Handler+Procs]
- {Handler Methods}[#label-Handler+Methods]
- {Terminators}[#label-Terminators]

=== Option Names

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["Handler method for -xxx called with value:", true]
$ ruby method.rb --yyy FOO
["Handler method for -yyy called with value:", "FOO"]

=== Terminators

And finally, the terminator parameter <tt>--</tt> tells the options parser
to ignore any options farther to the right.
This can be useful if there are options not meant for the current program.

File +terminator.rb+ defines one option <tt>--my_option</tt>.

:include: ruby/terminator.rb

The first execution fails because <tt>--nosuch</tt> is not a defined option;
the second succeeds because <tt>--</tt> causes that option to be ignored:

$ ruby terminator.rb --my_option FOO --other_option BAR
["FOO", String]
terminator.rb:6:in `<main>': invalid option: --other_option (OptionParser::InvalidOption)
$ ruby terminator.rb --my_option FOO -- --other_option BAR
["FOO", String]
13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions doc/optparse/ruby/parse.rb
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require 'optparse'
parser = OptionParser.new
parser.on('--xxx') do |value|
p ['--xxx', value]
end
parser.on('--yyy YYY') do |value|
p ['--yyy', value]
end
parser.on('--zzz [ZZZ]') do |value|
p ['--zzz', value]
end
ret = parser.parse(ARGV)
puts "Returned: #{ret} (#{ret.class})"
13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions doc/optparse/ruby/parse_bang.rb
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require 'optparse'
parser = OptionParser.new
parser.on('--xxx') do |value|
p ['--xxx', value]
end
parser.on('--yyy YYY') do |value|
p ['--yyy', value]
end
parser.on('--zzz [ZZZ]') do |value|
p ['--zzz', value]
end
ret = parser.parse!
puts "Returned: #{ret} (#{ret.class})"
179 changes: 177 additions & 2 deletions doc/optparse/tutorial.rdoc
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- {Argument Converters}[#label-Argument+Converters]
- {Help}[#label-Help]
- {Top List and Base List}[#label-Top+List+and+Base+List]
- {Methods for Defining Options}[#label-Methods+for+Defining+Options]
- {Defining Options}[#label-Defining+Options]
- {Parsing}[#label-Parsing]
- {Method parse!}[#label-Method+parse-21]
- {Method parse}[#label-Method+parse]
- {Method order!}[#label-Method+order-21]
- {Method order}[#label-Method+order]
- {Method permute!}[#label-Method+permute-21]
- {Method permute}[#label-Method+permute]

=== To Begin With

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When \OptionParser builds its help text, the options in the top list
precede those in the base list.

=== Methods for Defining Options
=== Defining Options

Option-defining methods allow you to create an option, and also append/prepend it
to the top list or append it to the base list.
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option names, and other values;
others return either the created option object
or the parser object +self+.

=== Parsing

\OptionParser has six instance methods for parsing.

Three have names ending with a "bang" (<tt>!</tt>):

- parse!
- order!
- permute!

Each of these methods:

- Accepts an optional array of string arguments +argv+;
if not given, +argv+ defaults to the value of OptionParser#default_argv,
whose initial value is ARGV.
- Accepts an optional keyword argument +into+
(see {Keyword Argument into}[#label-Keyword+Argument+into]).
- Returns +argv+, possibly with some elements removed.

The three other methods have names _not_ ending with a "bang":

- parse
- order
- permute

Each of these methods:

- Accepts an array of string arguments
_or_ zero or more string arguments.
- Accepts an optional keyword argument +into+ and its value _into_.
(see {Keyword Argument into}[#label-Keyword+Argument+into]).
- Returns +argv+, possibly with some elements removed.

==== \Method parse!

\Method parse!:

- Accepts an optional array of string arguments +argv+;
if not given, +argv+ defaults to the value of OptionParser#default_argv,
whose initial value is ARGV.
- Accepts an optional keyword argument +into+
(see {Keyword Argument into}[#label-Keyword+Argument+into]).
- Returns +argv+, possibly with some elements removed.

The method processes the elements in +argv+ beginning at <tt>argv[0]</tt>,
and ending, by default, at the end.

Otherwise processing ends and the method returns when:

- The terminator argument <tt>--</tt> is found;
the terminator argument is removed before the return.
- Environment variable +POSIXLY_CORRECT+ is defined
and a non-option argument is found;
the non-option argument is not removed.
Note that the _value_ of that variable does not matter,
as only its existence is checked.

File +parse_bang.rb+:

:include: ruby/parse_bang.rb

Help:

$ ruby parse_bang.rb --help
Usage: parse_bang [options]
--xxx
--yyy YYY
--zzz [ZZZ]

Default behavior:

$ ruby parse_bang.rb input_file.txt output_file.txt --xxx --yyy FOO --zzz BAR
["--xxx", true]
["--yyy", "FOO"]
["--zzz", "BAR"]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt"] (Array)

Processing ended by terminator argument:

$ ruby parse_bang.rb input_file.txt output_file.txt --xxx --yyy FOO -- --zzz BAR
["--xxx", true]
["--yyy", "FOO"]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt", "--zzz", "BAR"] (Array)

Processing ended by non-option found when +POSIXLY_CORRECT+ is defined:

$ POSIXLY_CORRECT=true ruby parse_bang.rb --xxx input_file.txt output_file.txt -yyy FOO
["--xxx", true]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt", "-yyy", "FOO"] (Array)

==== \Method parse

\Method parse:

- Accepts an array of string arguments
_or_ zero or more string arguments.
- Accepts an optional keyword argument +into+ and its value _into_.
(see {Keyword Argument into}[#label-Keyword+Argument+into]).
- Returns +argv+, possibly with some elements removed.

If given an array +ary+, the method forms array +argv+ as <tt>ary.dup</tt>.
If given zero or more string arguments, those arguments are formed
into array +argv+.

The method calls

parse!(argv, into: into)

Note that environment variable +POSIXLY_CORRECT+
and the terminator argument <tt>--</tt> are honored.

File +parse.rb+:

:include: ruby/parse.rb

Help:

$ ruby parse.rb --help
Usage: parse [options]
--xxx
--yyy YYY
--zzz [ZZZ]

Default behavior:

$ ruby parse.rb input_file.txt output_file.txt --xxx --yyy FOO --zzz BAR
["--xxx", true]
["--yyy", "FOO"]
["--zzz", "BAR"]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt"] (Array)

Processing ended by terminator argument:

$ ruby parse.rb input_file.txt output_file.txt --xxx --yyy FOO -- --zzz BAR
["--xxx", true]
["--yyy", "FOO"]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt", "--zzz", "BAR"] (Array)

Processing ended by non-option found when +POSIXLY_CORRECT+ is defined:

$ POSIXLY_CORRECT=true ruby parse.rb --xxx input_file.txt output_file.txt -yyy FOO
["--xxx", true]
Returned: ["input_file.txt", "output_file.txt", "-yyy", "FOO"] (Array)

==== \Method order!

Calling method OptionParser#order! gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse! with environment variable
+POSIXLY_CORRECT+ defined.

==== \Method order

Calling method OptionParser#order gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse with environment variable
+POSIXLY_CORRECT+ defined.

==== \Method permute!

Calling method OptionParser#permute! gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse! with environment variable
+POSIXLY_CORRECT+ _not_ defined.

==== \Method permute

Calling method OptionParser#permute gives exactly the same result as
calling method OptionParser#parse with environment variable
+POSIXLY_CORRECT+ _not_ defined.

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