Python, I'm trying to create this kind of argument -active=YES

Question

I'm a newbie to programming using python.

I have to create a script that ask for some argument.

So did this:

opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], "n:h", ["server-name=","help"])
for option, value in opts:
if option in ('-h', '--help'):
    show_usage()
elif option in ('-n', '--server-name'):
    serverName = value

evrithing it's OK:

./myscript -a www.site.com

BUT i'm asking how can i add this kind of argument

./myscript -a www.site.com -active=YES

Answer 1

getopt expects the argument to be of the style --active=YES . If you are happy with the double dash at the start (as shown) then you want to modify the first line of your code to be:

opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], "n:h", ["server-name=","help","active="])

and then add an appropriate conditional statement to your loop