_argv, _wargv

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Header File

stdlib.h

Syntax

extern char **_argv;
extern wchar_t ** _wargv;

Description

_argv points to an array containing the original command-line arguments (the elements of argv[]) passed to main when the program starts.

_wargv is the Unicode version of _argv.

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>     // TO GET THE GLOBAL _arg VALUES

using namespace std;

void func()
{
   cout << "argc= " << _argc << endl;

   for (int i = 0; i < _argc; ++i)
      cout << _argv[i] << endl;
}

void main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
   func(); // func can get the program arguments from global variables.
}

Portability

	POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
_argv		+
_wargv		NT only