argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter:

Private Member Functions
def	_get_help_string
def	_get_help_string

Additional Inherited Members
Public Member Functions inherited from argparse.HelpFormatter
def	__init__
def	__init__
def	add_argument
def	add_argument
def	add_arguments
def	add_arguments
def	add_text
def	add_text
def	add_usage
def	add_usage
def	end_section
def	end_section
def	format_help
def	format_help
def	start_section
def	start_section

Detailed Description

Help message formatter which adds default values to argument help.

Only the name of this class is considered a public API. All the methods
provided by the class are considered an implementation detail.

Definition at line 649 of file argparse.py.

Member Function Documentation

def argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter._get_help_string (   self,   action  )

private

Definition at line 656 of file argparse.py.

Referenced by python.rootplot.argparse.HelpFormatter._expand_help(), and argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter._get_help_string().

    def _get_help_string(self, action):
        help = action.help
        if '%(default)' not in action.help:
            if action.default is not SUPPRESS:
                defaulting_nargs = [OPTIONAL, ZERO_OR_MORE]
                if action.option_strings or action.nargs in defaulting_nargs:
                    help += ' (default: %(default)s)'
        return help


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