Command Line Arguments in C++
#include <iostream>
#include <cctype>
#include <string>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
if (argc < 2)
{
std::cout << "Command-line Argument missing " << std::endl;
return 0;
}
else if (argc == 2)
{
if (strcmp(argv[1], "toupper") == 0)
{
std::string str;
std::cout << "Enter the string ";
std::cin >> str;
for (int i= 0; i < str.length(); i++)
{
str[i] = toupper(str[i]);
}
std::cout << "The string is now " << str
<< std::endl;
}
else if (strcmp(argv[1], "tolower") == 0)
{
std::string str;
std::cout << "Enter the string ";
std::cin >> str;
for (int i= 0; i < str.length(); i++)
str[i] = tolower(str[i]);
std::cout << "The string is now " << str
<< std::endl;
}
else
std::cout << "Unmatched second command-line argument"
<< std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
Output:
Enter the string programming
The string is now PROGRAMMING
$ ./a.out tolower
Enter the string PROGRAMMING
The string is now programming
$ ./a.out
Command-line Argument missing
