#Could Someone Define What “args” Is?

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amber rampart
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Seen it so many times, yet I’ve never seem to question it.

noble kayakBOT
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<@&987246399047479336> please have a look, thanks.

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TJ-Bot
Seen it so many times, yet I’ve never seem to question it.

In Java, "args" is a parameter commonly used in the main method of a program. It stands for "arguments" and is used to pass command-line arguments to the program when it is executed.

When you run a Java program from the command line, you can pass arguments to the program by typing them after the name of the compiled class file. For example, if your program is named "MyProgram" and you want to pass the arguments "arg1" and "arg2", you would run it like this:

java MyProgram arg1 arg2

These arguments are then stored in the args parameter of the main method as an array of strings. For example:

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // args[0] would be "arg1"
    // args[1] would be "arg2"
}

This allows you to customize the behavior of your program based on the input provided at runtime. The args parameter is optional and can be omitted if your program does not need to accept any command-line arguments.

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fervent smelt
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Just in general? People usually refer to "args" as short for arguments in code. Or are you asking what "arguments" means?

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It's really just because "arguments" is tedious to type and "args" does the job

wary depot
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When you run a program, it can be (but often is not) passed 'arguments' to change how it behaves.

This is most visible on a commandline

$ echo "some message"
some message

The command is echo and some message is an argument to that command (telling it what to echo)

You can write programs that accept arguments as well, and that's what the String[] args is for on a main method.

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In the current version of Java, without enabling preview-features, your main method must have the signature public static void main(String[] args) (technically the parameter name args can be anything though).

strange night
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this is how it works

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the computer looks for a program called cd.exe on ur machine (in the paths defined by the PATH environment variable)

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and then starts cd.exe and gives it MyFolder as arg

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so cd.exe can get hands on MyFolder through that arg mechanism

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in the same way u can do stuff with it in ur java programs like the bot shared

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java MyJavaProgram MyFolder

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runs ur MyJavaProgram.java/class file, giving it MyFolder as args[0]