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miszellek / argparse_dictionary.py
Created October 9, 2017 07:38
Python one-line argparse dictionary arguments, support for: join args, incorrect definitions
# $ python argparse_dictionary.py --arg_dict=1=11,2=22;3=33 --arg_dict=a=,b,c=cc,=dd,=ee=,
# Namespace(arg_dict={'1': '11', '2': '22', '3': '33', 'a': '', 'c': 'cc', '': 'dd'})
import argparse
arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
arg_parser.add_argument('--arg_dict', action=type(b'', (argparse.Action,), dict(__call__=lambda self, parser, namespace, values, option_string: getattr(namespace, self.dest).update(dict([v.split('=') for v in values.replace(';', ',').split(',') if len(v.split('=')) == 2])))), default={}, metavar='KEY1=VAL1,KEY2=VAL2;KEY3=VAL3...')
print(arg_parser.parse_args())