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[firefly]

this is just something i dont get...

int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )

[Stoned_Coder]

What exactly dont you get?
Go to the FAQ and read about command line arguments then come back if you still havent grasped it.

[JoshR]

Its used when you want to run your program with command line arguments

Like if youve ever seen some programs run like so:

./steam -update -username -password

just an example, not exactly what youd use but just to show, that the hyphenated words like -update are arguments to steam application, the application uses them to run a different way.

[firefly]

i just dont know what it is or what its used for... the tutoral didnt help

[Dae]

Its used for exactly what JoshR said.

If you ever played some older games that didnt have screen resolution/etc option windows, they would use command-line arguments to allow the user to change settings that way. Also used a lot in command prompt programs (-s -b -start -e -i -u -make -exit -shutdown, etc).

Basicly like if you had a shortcut to "C:\game.exe" -res800x600 -256colors -fullscreen, that would give those commands. Then in int main you would use to check if int argv[1] (resolution option) is == res800x600 (or other ones you might want). Then for the next command, you can check if argv[2] is == to 256colors then in that if statement you do the code to set it to 256colors, you might have an else if == 32colors, etc. Of course that wouldnt be flexible since the commands could be mixed up, so you might need a few || operators in it. Not that I know why you'd use command-line arguments for this example (I'd rather have an options screen).

Command-line arguments are like the ability to set values to strings that are inside the program, from outside of the program (command-lines).

[firefly]

k +thanx that helped