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From: docbrain@netmbx.UUCP (Frank Seidinger)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Getting the command line args
Message-ID: <1365@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 90 16:34:53 GMT
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kamal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Kamal Z Zamli) writes:

>program test;

>begin
> if paramcount= 0 then 
>  writeln (' No parameter is given to the program ')
> else
>  writeln (' Parameter given to the program is = ',ParamStr(1));
>end.

This works fine, if you try to scan 'true' parameters. That means, that each
of the parameters in the given command line is seperated by whitespace. But
what can I do if i have to catch an argument like:

    program 'This should be one long parameter'

I never solved this problem in Turbo Pascal.

Any comments?

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