How can i pass command line arguments to my program with "odin run ."

Help
1

Or do I have to build it and then run the executable with the arguments?

2

I’m pretty sure it’s just odin run . -- <args>.

1 Like
3

Thanks! I was pretty sure that I’ve tried your suggestion in the past and it didn’t work, but I have just now tried again and it works!

For anyone else, quick test code if you want to verify this (I’m on Windows):

package howtopassargsonrun

import "core:os"
import "core:fmt"

main :: proc() {
    fmt.println(os.args)
    return
}

Then do odin run . -- testarg and you should get something like this:

["D:/tmp/odin/snippet/snippet.exe", "testarg"]

For those who don’t know: The first argument you get back is always the absolute path of the executable you are running. It’s like that in C as well (at least under normal circumstances when you start the program yourself and it is not started by some other program).

1 Like