catch2/examples/232-Cfg-CustomMain.cpp

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// Copyright Catch2 Authors
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or copy at
// https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
// 232-Cfg-CustomMain.cpp
// Show how to use custom main and add a custom option to the CLI parser
#include <catch2/catch_session.hpp>
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
Catch::Session session; // There must be exactly one instance
int height = 0; // Some user variable you want to be able to set
// Build a new parser on top of Catch2's
using namespace Catch::Clara;
auto cli
= session.cli() // Get Catch2's command line parser
| Opt( height, "height" ) // bind variable to a new option, with a hint string
["--height"] // the option names it will respond to
("how high?"); // description string for the help output
// Now pass the new composite back to Catch2 so it uses that
session.cli( cli );
// Let Catch2 (using Clara) parse the command line
int returnCode = session.applyCommandLine( argc, argv );
if( returnCode != 0 ) // Indicates a command line error
return returnCode;
// if set on the command line then 'height' is now set at this point
std::cout << "height: " << height << std::endl;
return session.run();
}