Re: [Boost-users] [boost] [program options] Recommended way to specify a list of strings

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost] [program options] Recommended way to specify a list of strings
From: Sanjit Jhala (sjhalaz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-22 21:29:30

How would I specify an empty vector of strings as the default value for this
option?

po::value< vector<string> >()->default_value(??)

-Sanjit

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Sanjit Jhala <sjhalaz_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Thanks Ryan, this should work for me.
>
> -Sanjit
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Ryan Gallagher <ryan.gallagher_at_[hidden]>wrote:
>
>> Sanjit Jhala <sjhalaz <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> > Say I want to specify a list of servers via the boost program_options
>> > library. Something like:
>> > --total-servers N --server srv1 --server srv2 ... --server srvN
>> > How would I do this?
>>
>> Have you tried sending a std::vector<std::string> as the option value?
>>
>> ("server", po::value< vector<string> >()
>>
>> See the "Option Details" section in the tutorial:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/yd95h2r
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> -Ryan
>>
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