Check if argparse optional argument is set or not

Question

I would like to check whether an optional argparse argument has been set by the user or not.

Can I safely check using isset?

Something like this:

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Answer 1

I think that optional arguments (specified with --) are initialized to None if they are not supplied. So you can test with is not None. Try the example below:

import argparse as ap

def main():
    parser = ap.ArgumentParser(description="My Script")
    parser.add_argument("--myArg")
    args, leftovers = parser.parse_known_args()

    if args.myArg is not None:
        print "myArg has been set (value is %s)" % args.myArg