ARGS
Command Line Argument Retrieval

ARGS is a MATLAB program which demonstrates command line argument retrieval.

In particular, ARGS is a demonstration of the NARGIN function, which counts command line arguments and the VARARGIN function, which allows the user to specify that a routine has a variable number of input arguments.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Related Data and Programs:

ARGS is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN77 version and a FORTRAN90 version and a JAVA version and a MATLAB version.

Source Code:

• args.m, the source code;
• timestamp.m, prints the current YMDHMS date as a timestamp;

Examples and Tests:

• args_output.txt, the output of the command args ( 'Joe', 'Gorilla', 'Shazam' );

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