Return command-line parameters.
Syntax
WScript.Arguments
WScript.Arguments(n)
WScript.Arguments.item(n)
n = Return the single argument n
counting from 0
To pass named arguments use:
WScript.Arguments.named
In addition to the argument itself : MyObject.item(I)you can also retrieve a count or length:
MyObject.Count
MyObject.Length
The default property is .item
Examples
C:> cscript demo.vbs arg1 value2 33 456 "Last Arg"
[demo.vbs]
' Store the arguments in a variable:
Set objArgs = Wscript.Arguments
'Count the arguments
WScript.Echo objArgs.Count
' Display all command-line arguments
For Each strArg in objArgs
WScript.Echo strArg
Next
' Display the first 3 command-line arguments
For I = 0 to 2
Wscript.Echo objArgs(I)
Next
'Display just the third argument
Wscript.Echo objArgs(2)
'Or without the reference
WScript.Echo "The third argument is", WScript.Arguments(2)
Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff.
Rule #2: It's all small stuff - Dr Robert S Eliot, University of Nebraska cardiologist
Related:
Agruments - Command Line arguments
.Shortcut.Arguments
Equivalent Windows CMD command: Parameters - Command Line Parameters