argv-parser/argparser.js

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JavaScript

module.exports = parse;
// Inspired a bit by
// https://github.com/eveningkid/args-parser/blob/master/parse.js
function parse(argv) {
argv = process.argv.slice(2);
let finalOutput = {};
argv.forEach((arg) => {
// We'll treat `--long` flags and flags without dash prefixes the same,
// so just discard double-dash prefixes
if (arg.startsWith('--')) { arg = arg.substring(2); }
// Handle short flags, including
// un-grouping grouped ones (eg `ps -aux`)
if (arg.startsWith('-')) {
console.log('startswith -; length:', arg.length);
console.log('lose first char:', arg.substring(1));
console.log('split keys vals:', arg.split('='));
// If there's a key=value assignment,
// don't treat it like a group
if (arg.split('=').length > 1) {
let [key, value] = processArg(arg);
finalOutput[key] = value;
return;
}
if (arg.length < 2) {
// It's not grouped; just remove the '-' and treat it like the rest, later
arg = arg.substring(1);
let [key, value] = processArg(arg);
finalOutput[key] = value;
return;
} else {
arg = arg.substring(1);
let ungrouped = arg.split('');
ungrouped.forEach(a => output[a] = true);
console.log('ungr', ungrouped);
return;
}
}
console.log('out:', output);
output[arg] = true;
});
return finalOutput;
}
function processArg(a) {
let out = {};
let split = a.split('=')
if (split.length > 2) { throw new Error(`Too many '=' in argument ${a}`); }
let [key, value] = split;
if (split.length === 2) {
return [key, value];
} else {
return [key, true];
}
}