Snakes-And-Ladders/src/utils/arg_parse.ts

import assert from "assert";

const argv = [...process.argv];
function next() {
  return argv.shift();
}

function peek() {
  return argv[0];
}

const positional: Array<string | boolean> = [];
const named: { [key: string]: string | boolean } = {};

while (argv.length) {
  const arg = next();
  if (arg === undefined) break;

  if (arg.startsWith("--")) {
    const match = arg.match(/^--([^=]*)(=?)(.*)$/);
    assert(match);
    const name = match[1];
    if (!name.length) continue;
    let value: string | boolean = true;
    if (match[2] === "=") {
      if (match[3].length) {
        value = match[3];
      }
    } else {
      const nextArg = peek();
      if (nextArg && !nextArg.startsWith("-")) {
        next();
        value = nextArg;
      }
    }
    named[name] = value;
  } else if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
    const match = arg.match(/^-(.*?)(=?)([^=a-zA-Z]*)$/);
    assert(match);
    const names = match[1].split("");
    if (!names.length) continue;
    while (names.length > 1) {
      const name = names.shift();
      if (name && name.length) {
        named[name] = true;
      }
    }
    let lastName = names.shift();
    if (!lastName) continue;
    let lastValue: string | boolean = true;
    if (match[2] === "=") {
      if (match[3].length) {
        lastValue = match[3];
      }
    } else {
      const nextArg = peek();
      if (nextArg && !nextArg.startsWith("-")) {
        next();
        lastValue = nextArg;
      }
    }
    named[lastName] = lastValue;
  } else {
    positional.push(arg);
  }
}

function getArg(...nameOrPositions: Array<string | number>) {
  let value: string | boolean | undefined;
  for (const nameOrPosition of nameOrPositions) {
    if (typeof nameOrPosition === "string") {
      const name = nameOrPosition;
      if (name in named) {
        value = named[name];
        break;
      }
    } else if (Number.isInteger(nameOrPosition)) {
      const position = nameOrPosition;
      if (position < positional.length) {
        return positional[position];
      }
    }
  }
  return value;
}

export const ArgParse = {
  argv: {
    _: positional,
    ...named,
  },
  getStringArg(...nameOrPositions: Array<string | number>): string | undefined {
    const value = getArg(...nameOrPositions);
    if (typeof value === "string") {
      return value;
    }
  },
  getBooleanArg(...nameOrPositions: Array<string | number>): boolean {
    return Boolean(getArg(...nameOrPositions));
  },
  getIntegerArg(
    ...nameOrPositions: Array<string | number>
  ): number | undefined {
    const value = Number(getArg(...nameOrPositions));
    if (Number.isInteger(value)) {
      return value;
    }
  },
};