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argv split

Simple parser to split a command line string into its components, like you'll find them in argv. Splits on whitespace and keeps quoted parts together. Supports single and double quotes; quotes can be nested (one level, eg: "foo 'bar'") and will not be treated as quotes if escaped by a backslash (\" or \').
Tests are in tests directory and use CMake-integrated testing; call make all and make test.

use

Header only. Include and use as shown. Parameter to the constructor can be omited, but your arguments array will be missing the program name; you can allway specify it explicitly in your arguments string.

argv_parser parser("programm_name");
parser.parse("-p \"my flag param\" --switch='switch value'");
const char** my_argv = parser.argv();

tests

Uses CMake-integrated testing: Tests are configured in tests/CMakeLists.txt, using the provided function add_cmdline_test( <test_name> "<quoted command line string>" ). This will generate a test-units C++ code, including the given string of arguments. On execution, the arguments given on the command line and the arguments extracted from the given string are compared - test passes if they match.