Getopt...Parser(3perl)

💖 Getopt::Long::Parser — the vibe-coded OO glow-up of Getopt::Long 💖

(that's Getopt...Parser(3perl), from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, bestie — we're in the Perl 5 manual pages section 🎀)

okay so. you love Getopt::Long. iconic. but sometimes you want it to look like an object, and that's literally all this module is here for. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

Getopt::Long::Parser — the object-oriented interface to Getopt::Long 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use Getopt::Long::Parser;
my $p = Getopt::Long::Parser->new;
$p->configure( %options );
if ( $p->getoptions( @options ) ) { ... }
if ( $p->getoptionsfromarray( \@array, @options ) ) { ... }

and the little party trick: you can hand your configuration options straight to the constructor bestie ✨

my $p = Getopt::Long::Parser->new( config => [ %options ] );

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Getopt::Long::Parser is an object-oriented interface to Getopt::Long. For all the configuration and usage deets, go read its docs, k? 👑

now. important. real talk. 💅 Getopt::Long and Getopt::Long::Parser are not object-oriented. Getopt::Long::Parser emulates an object-oriented interface — it's giving OO, it's cosplaying OO — and that should be okay for most purposes 🌈

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🎀 CONSTRUCTOR 🎀

my $p = Getopt::Long::Parser->new( %options );

it takes an optional hash with parameters. optional!! so chill of it.

• config — an array reference stuffed with configuration settings. For every possible setting, see "Configuring Getopt::Long" in Getopt::Long 📋

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💅 METHODS 💅

in all these examples, $p is assumed to be whatever came out of calling the constructor. we love a consistent main character 💜

✨ configure ✨

$p->configure( %settings );

updates the current config settings, live, on the fly 🧚 For every possible setting, see "Configuring Getopt::Long" in Getopt::Long.

✨ getoptionsfromarray ✨

my $res = $p->getoptionsfromarray( $aref, @opts );

✨ getoptions ✨

my $res = $p->getoptions( @opts );

literally the same as writing getoptionsfromarray( \@ARGV, @opts ) 🙈 like, that's it. that's the whole method. it's getoptionsfromarray but pointed at @ARGV by default. periodt.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Getopt::Long

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> — the original of the originals fr fr 💖

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🌸 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER 🌸

This program is Copyright 1990,2015,2023 by Johan Vromans. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl.

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also this page came from perl v5.44.0 and it's dated 2026-10-17 — so yeah, that's where this whole thing lives. have fun parsing your args, bestie, you're gonna slay 💅✨💖🦋