How get specifics arguments in a string python

Question

I have 3 arguments to give to my program but python recognizes more than 3. Ex :

./myprogram "fist argument" "second argument" "thrid one"

So sys.argv[1] will be - "first and sys.argv[2] will be argument

How can I have 3 only strings?
like string1 = "fist argument" ect..

Are you actually passing them in as strings or have you added the quotes for your question here? — Sayse, Dec 05 '19 at 09:31
This is probably something to do with your shell. See https://bugs.python.org/issue10322 — D Malan, Dec 05 '19 at 09:40
Does this answer your question? [How to read/process command line arguments?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1009860/how-to-read-process-command-line-arguments) — Siddharth Das, Dec 05 '19 at 09:44
the problem with those solutions is: it's doing: string = "first arg second arg third arg". — Martin Rougeron, Dec 05 '19 at 09:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '19 at 09:49

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You really shouldn't be using spaces for the argument, as it is the delimiter for command line arguments. Consider using quotes to enclose the argument, or, in a hacky way, for example, merge the first two strings to get the first argument, and so on.

Also, i believe this was already answered here.

answered Dec 05 '19 at 09:49

Márcio Coelho

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If you believe this question already has an answer somewhere else, why do you post a new answer? – Riccardo Bucco Dec 05 '19 at 09:53
I will always receive args with spaces and I can't change it but thanks for your answer ;) – Martin Rougeron Dec 05 '19 at 09:53
@RiccardoBucco Exactly because my answer, while based on another is a new one - if you consider the idea of posterior merging the arguments to be a new one, that is. – Márcio Coelho Dec 05 '19 at 10:55

How get specifics arguments in a string python

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