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Command line arguments

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Command line arguments

Command-line arguments are used in programming to pass information to a program at the time of
execution. This makes programs more flexible and versatile, allowing users to input values or options
directly when starting the program rather than hard-coding them or requiring input from the user after
the program has begun.

Command line argument is an important concept in C programming. It is mostly used when you need to
control your program from outside. In C, command line arguments are passed to the main() method.

When the main function of a program contains arguments, then these arguments are known as Command
Line Arguments.

The main function can be created with two methods: first with no parameters (void) and second with two
parameters. The parameters are argc and argv, where argc is an integer and the argv is a list of command
line arguments.

argc denotes the number of arguments given, while argv[] is a pointer array pointing to each parameter
passed to the program. If no argument is given, the value of argc will be 1.

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Command line arguments in C are passed to the main function as argc and argv.

Command line arguments are used to control the program from the outside.

Command-line arguments are useful when you want to control your program from outside rather than
hard coding the values inside the code.

Example of command line argument in C

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