What are command-line arguments?

[Kratos321]

What are they used for? Why do you use them? How does its input/output system work?

thanks in advance.

[JosAH]

What do the tutorials have to say about them? You did read the tutorials did you?

kind regards,

Jos

[Kratos321]

I did read the tutorials earlier. They only show you how to use them but now what they are.

[Norm]

what they are.

Command line arguments are what a user of the program would put on the command line when starting the program.

[Kratos321]

But why would you use the command line?

[Norm]

Many of the programs on a computer use the commandline to get their arguments.
When you double click on a .txt file, the editor is called with the name of the .txt file passed to it on the command line.

[Kratos321]

okay. but WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

[KevinWorkman]

okay. but WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

How else would you pass in arguments to a program?

[Tolls]

okay. but WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

You sound like my kids...:)

[KevinWorkman]

I did read the tutorials earlier. They only show you how to use them but now what they are.

Actually, the tutorial contains several examples of "what they are" and why they are used: Command-Line Arguments (The Java™ Tutorials > Essential Classes > The Platform Environment)

[raj kumar singh]

hi,

command line argument is used to provide value/data to the program at the execution time of the program.
we can use it ,for such a program where we have to provide data at the time of execution of program.

as for example...
suppose we have developed such a program, in which at run time have to enter user name and password,
and if the user name & password is wrong, then program will not execute ,otherwise program will execute.

INPUT/OUTPUT

if you have knowledge about static method ,then you will easly understand it.
actually for execution of the code JVM used the class name to invoke main() method,
it is invoke like this....

String s[]=new String[] {"raj"},{"pass"};// here at command line argument two argument is entered ,"raj" & "pass"
class_name.main(<arguments>);

if we don't enter any value ,then instead of string it place 0(Zero) in the subscript, & execute the main() method...

[DarrylBurke]

Most of what you state is already in the linked tutorial and hence it wasn't necessary to repeat it here; the rest is either irrelevant or wrong.

String s[]=new String[] {"raj"},{"pass"};// here at command line argument two argument is entered ,"raj" & "pass"

I suggest you review and learn how to correctly write Array Initializers.

db

[Kratos321]

what raj said is wrong?