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From: kamal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Kamal Z Zamli)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Getting the command line args
Message-ID: <1990Nov8.224026.27977@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 8 Nov 90 22:40:26 GMT
References: <950041@hpclapd.HP.COM> <1990Nov6.214246.8138@wpi.WPI.EDU> <1365@netmbx.UUCP>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article <1365@netmbx.UUCP> docbrain@netmbx.UUCP (Frank Seidinger) 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>
>    program 'This should be one long parameter'
>
>I never solved this problem in Turbo Pascal.
>
>Any comments?
>


I'm not sure what you mean... Anyway if you want to access more command line
arguments, what you have to do is just call the paramstr....
i.e:
   paramstr(2) for argument no 2, paramstr(3) for argument no 3 etc.

I hope this helps.