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\name{make_option}
\alias{make_option}
\alias{add_option}
\title{Functions to enable our OptionParser to recognize specific command line 
options.}
\usage{
make_option(opt_str, action = "store", type = NULL, dest = NULL,
  default = NULL, help = "", metavar = NULL, callback = NULL,
  callback_args = NULL)

add_option(object, opt_str, action = "store", type = NULL,
  dest = NULL, default = NULL, help = "", metavar = NULL,
  callback = NULL, callback_args = NULL)
}
\arguments{
\item{opt_str}{A character vector containing the string of the desired long
flag comprised of \dQuote{--} followed by a letter and then a sequence of
alphanumeric characters and optionally a string of the desired short flag
comprised of the \dQuote{-} followed by a letter.}

\item{action}{A character string that describes the action \code{optparse}
should take when it encounters an option, either \dQuote{store},
\dQuote{store_true}, or \dQuote{store_false}.  The default is \dQuote{store}
which signifies that \code{optparse} should store the specified following
value if the option is found on the command string.  \dQuote{store_true}
stores \code{TRUE} if the option is found and \dQuote{store_false} stores
\code{FALSE} if the option is found.}

\item{type}{A character string that describes specifies which data type
should be stored, either \dQuote{logical}, \dQuote{integer}, \dQuote{double},
\dQuote{complex}, or \dQuote{character}.  Default is \dQuote{logical} if
\code{action \%in\% c("store_true", store_false)}, \code{typeof(default)} if
\code{action == "store"} and default is not \code{NULL} and
\dQuote{character} if \code{action == "store"} and default is \code{NULL}.
\dQuote{numeric} will be converted to \dQuote{double}.}

\item{dest}{A character string that specifies what field in the list returned
by \code{parse_args} should \code{optparse} store option values.  Default is
derived from the long flag in \code{opt_str}.}

\item{default}{The default value \code{optparse} should use if it does not
find the option on the command line.}

\item{help}{A character string describing the option to be used by
\code{print_help} in generating a usage message.  \code{\%default} will be
substituted by the value of \code{default}.}

\item{metavar}{A character string that stands in for the option argument when
printing help text.  Default is the value of \code{dest}.}

\item{callback}{A function that executes after the each option value is fully 
parsed.  It's value is assigned to the option and its arguments are
the option S4 object, the long flag string, the value of the option, 
the parser S4 object, and \code{...}.}

\item{callback_args}{A list of additional arguments passed to callback function (via \code{do.call}).}

\item{object}{An instance of the \code{OptionParser} class}
}
\value{
Both \code{make_option} and \code{add_option} return instances of
    class \code{OptionParserOption}.
}
\description{
\code{add_option} adds a option to a prexisting \code{OptionParser} instance
whereas \code{make_option} is used to create a list of
\code{OptionParserOption} instances that will be used in the
\code{option_list} argument of the \code{OptionParser} function to create a
new \code{OptionParser} instance.
}
\examples{

   make_option("--longflag")
   make_option(c("-l", "--longflag"))
   make_option("--integer", type="integer", default=5)
   make_option("--integer", default=as.integer(5))  # same as previous

   # examples from package vignette
   make_option(c("-v", "--verbose"), action="store_true", default=TRUE,
       help="Print extra output [default]")
   make_option(c("-q", "--quietly"), action="store_false",
     dest="verbose", help="Print little output")
   make_option(c("-c", "--count"), type="integer", default=5, 
       help="Number of random normals to generate [default \%default]",
       metavar="number")
   make_option("--generator", default="rnorm", 
       help = "Function to generate random deviates [default \\"\%default\\"]")
   make_option("--mean", default=0, 
       help="Mean if generator == \\"rnorm\\" [default \%default]")
   make_option("--sd", default=1, metavar="standard deviation",
       help="Standard deviation if generator == \\"rnorm\\" [default \%default]")

}
\references{
Python's \code{optparse} library, which inspires this package,
    is described here: \url{http://docs.python.org/library/optparse.html}
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{parse_args}} \code{\link{OptionParser}}
}
\author{
Trevor Davis.
}
