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-====== Argument Parser ======
-**General Information**
-Create Python scripts that use short and long arguments.
-**Checklist**
-  * Import argparse
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-====== Usage ======
-Pass the "-h" or "--help" to view the built arguments
-<code bash>
-program-name.py -h
-</code>
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-====== The Code ======
-<code python program-name.py>
-#=======================
-# Import Modules
-#=======================
-# argparse: Command line arguments
-import argparse
-#=======================
-# Get Script Arguments
-#=======================
-# Build argument parser information
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Put a good program description here.")
-parser.add_argument("-n","--name", help="This is your name.", required=True)
-parser.add_argument("-e","--email", help="Email results.", action="store_true", required=False)
-parser.add_argument("-t","--test", help="Do not make changes; perform a test and output details of what would happen.", action="store_true", required=False)
-args = vars(parser.parse_args())
-# If testing, we don't actually want to do anything
-if args['test'] == True:
-  print("-->> Test run...no modifications will be made <<--")
-#- Using stored variables from arguments -#
-# Since name is required, program will not run without providing it
-print("Your name is: " + args['name'])
-if args['email'] == 'True':
-  print("Emailing results...")
-else
-  print("Will NOT email results.")
-</code>
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