#  Commanding.py  Copyright  (c) Kari Laitinen

#  http://www.naturalprogramming.com

#  2006-05-23  File created.
#  2022-12-16  Converted to Python 3.

#  Command line parameters are often called command line arguments.

import sys   # needed when command line parameters are used

command_line_parameters  =  sys.argv[ 1 : ]

print( "\n This program was given the following %d strings"  \
      "\n as command line parameters:"  %  len( command_line_parameters ) )

parameter_index  =  0

while  parameter_index  <  len( command_line_parameters ) :

   print(  "\n     " + command_line_parameters[ parameter_index ], end=" " )

   parameter_index  +=  1


#  The following are sample runs of this program:
#
#D:\pythonfiles2>\Python24\python Commanding.py
#
# This program was given the following 0 strings
# as command line parameters:
#
#D:\pythonfiles2>\Python24\python Commanding.py Hello program, how are you?
#
# This program was given the following 5 strings
# as command line parameters:
#
#     Hello
#     program,
#     how
#     are
#     you?