I’m using argparse in Python 2.7 for parsing input options. One of my options is a multiple choice. I want to make a list in its help text, e.g.
from argparse import ArgumentParser
parser = ArgumentParser(description='test')
parser.add_argument('-g', choices=['a', 'b', 'g', 'd', 'e'], default="a",
help="Some option, where\n"
" a = alpha\n"
" b = beta\n"
" g = gamma\n"
" d = delta\n"
" e = epsilon")
parser.parse_args()
However, argparse strips all newlines and consecutive spaces. The result looks like
~/Downloads:52$ python2.7 x.py -h
usage: x.py [-h] [-g {a,b,g,d,e}]
test
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-g {a,b,g,d,e} Some option, where a = alpha b = beta g = gamma d = delta e
= epsilon
How to insert newlines in the help text?
