Python argparse conditional arguments

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I am creating a program that requires conditional arguments using argparse. I would like to generate new arguments in my code depending on if a previous argument has been entered or not. Here is a basic example of how I would like my code to look

import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

parser.add_argument("-bowtie",action = "store_true",help="use to run bowtie")
args = parser.parse_args()

if args.bowtie:
    parser.add_argument( add some new argument here )
    args = parser.parse_args()

Look at using a subparser to add arguments to a bowtie subcommand. — chepner
– chepner, Commented Feb 25, 2013 at 23:17

sfendell · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-25 23:58:03Z

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I've been doing a lot of stuff recently that's really similar to this. Look into subparsers:

parser = argparser.ArgumentParser
subparsers = parser.add_subparsers('-bowtie')
subparser = subparsers.add_parser()
subparser.add_argument('new argument')

answered Feb 25, 2013 at 23:58

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