parse positional arguments

src/cxxopts.cpp

@@ -116,6 +116,39 @@ Options::checked_parse_arg
   parse_option(value, name, argv[argPos]);
 }
 
+void
+Options::add_to_option(const std::string& option, const std::string& arg)
+{
+  auto iter = m_options.find(option);
+
+  if (iter == m_options.end())
+  {
+    throw option_not_exists_exception(option);
+  }
+
+  parse_option(iter->second, option, arg);
+}
+
+bool
+Options::consume_positional(std::string a)
+{
+  if (m_positional.size() > 0)
+  {
+    add_to_option(m_positional, a);
+    return true;
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+void
+Options::parse_positional(std::string option)
+{
+  m_positional = std::move(option);
+}
+
 void
 Options::parse(int& argc, char**& argv)
 {
@@ -130,11 +163,16 @@ Options::parse(int& argc, char**& argv)
 
     if (result.empty())
     {
-      //handle empty
+      //not a flag
-
-      //for now, throw an exception
-      throw option_not_exists_exception(argv[current]);
 
+      //if true is returned here then it was consumed, otherwise it is
+      //ignored
+      if (consume_positional(argv[current]))
+      {
+      }
+      else
+      {
+      }
       //if we return from here then it was parsed successfully, so continue
     }
     else

src/cxxopts.hpp

@@ -312,9 +312,19 @@ namespace cxxopts
       return *iter->second;
     }
 
+    //parse positional arguments into the given option
+    void
+    parse_positional(std::string option);
+
     private:
     friend class OptionAdder;
 
+    bool
+    consume_positional(std::string a);
+
+    void
+    add_to_option(const std::string& option, const std::string& arg);
+
     void
     parse_option
     (
@@ -335,6 +345,7 @@ namespace cxxopts
 
 
     std::map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<OptionDetails>> m_options;
+    std::string m_positional;
   };
 
   class OptionAdder

src/main.cpp

@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
       ("a,apple", "an apple")
       ("b,bob", "Bob")
       ("f,file", "File", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
+      ("positional", "Positional arguments", cxxopts::value<std::string>())
     ;
 
+    options.parse_positional("positional");
+
     options.parse(argc, argv);
 
     if (options.count("a"))
@@ -62,6 +65,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
       //std::cout << options.print_help();
     }
 
+    if (options.count("positional"))
+    {
+      std::cout << "Positional = " << options["positional"].as<std::string>()
+        << std::endl;
+    }
+
   } catch (const cxxopts::OptionException& e)
   {
     std::cout << "error parsing options: " << e.what() << std::endl;