Command Line Arguments...again

ok, I'm trying to get this to work but somehow can't figure it out.
I want to distinguis between flags in a command line. These are the flags that the prog can use
[-norand] [-ncols] [-nrows] [-n N]

so basically a command could look like:
user~> main -norand -ncols 5 -nrows 6
or
user~> main -nrows 3 -n 5

the program goes into an infite loop on every flag except -norand...on norand it just hangs.....here is the code.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;

#include "grid.h"

void get_arguments(int arg, char *argv[], bool &random,
                                  int &r, int &c, int &n)
{
        if(arg == 1){
                return;
        }else{
                while( (arg -= 2) > 0 ){
                        switch (argv[ 1][ 2]) {  /* handle options */
                        case 'o':
                                        random = true;
                                        cout << "rand" << endl;
                                        break;
                                case 'c':
                                        c = atoi( argv[ 2]);
                                        cout << "cols" << endl;
                                        break;
                                case 'r':
                                        r = atoi(argv[ 2]);
                                        cout << "rows" << endl;
                                        break;
                                case ' ':
                                        n = atoi(argv[ 2]);
                                        cout << "N " << n << endl;
                                        break;
                        }
                        arg += 2;
                }
        }
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        bool random = true;
        int rows = 0;
        int cols = 0;
        int n = 0;
        get_arguments(argc, argv, random, rows, cols, n);
               
        return 0;
}

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yhanks, axon

Code:

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switch (argv[ 1][ 2]) {

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The problem is that every time through your loop you use the exact same point of reference for your switch. You should just do something simple like use a for loop to run through the list.

Code:

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for( x = 1; x < argc; x++)
{
    cout << argv[1] << endl;
}

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This will simply print the command line args for you. With only minor modifications you can use the exact same loop to check for all your needed cases.

Quzah.

I'll add that you get a infinite loop because each time you loop, you both decrement then increment your variable by 2. So it is like you hadn't done anything.