When running a python script in IDLE, is there a way to pass in command line arguments (args)?

Question

I\'m testing some python code that parses command line input. Is there a way to pass this input in through IDLE? Currently I\'m saving in the IDLE editor and running from a

Answer 1

Auto-detect IDLE and Prompt for Command-line Arguments

#! /usr/bin/env python3

import sys

# Prompt user for (optional) command line arguments, when run from IDLE:
if 'idlelib' in sys.modules: sys.argv.extend(input("Args: ").split())

Change "input" to "raw_input" for Python2.