c argv

The argv is a parameter in the main function of the C programming language. It stands for "argument vector" and is used to pass command-line arguments to a C program. The argv parameter is an array of strings, where each string represents a command-line argument passed to the program.

The argv parameter is typically defined as char argv[] or char *argv. The first element of the argv array (argv[0]) is always the name of the program itself. The subsequent elements (argv[1], argv[2], etc.) contain the command-line arguments passed to the program.

Here's an example of how argv can be used in a C program:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    // argc contains the number of command-line arguments
    // argv[0] contains the name of the program itself

    // Print all the command-line arguments
    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
        printf("Argument %d: %s\n", i, argv[i]);
    }

    return 0;
}

In this example, if the program is executed with the command ./program arg1 arg2, the output will be:

Argument 0: ./program
Argument 1: arg1
Argument 2: arg2

Please note that the argc parameter is used to determine the number of command-line arguments passed to the program. It is an integer that represents the count of elements in the argv array.

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