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Optional Command-Line Arguments for Python

Sometimes one would like to run a function straight from the terminal. Passing command-line arguments do make it possible. See the Python Documentation for further details.

This is the content of a demo file call fib.py:

# fib.py
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-n', '--n', help='calc the nth fib number', default=5)
args = parser.parse_args()
x = int(args.n)

def naive_fib(x):
    if x== 0 or x == 1:
        return 0

    if x == 2:
        return 1

    a, b = 0, 1

    while x > 2:
        a, b = b, a + b
        x -= 1

    return b

print(naive_fib(x))

Navigate to the file’s directory and run: $ python fib.py -n 5


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