Create small command line program that parses arguments

Before starting my take-home assignment, the instructions advised me to create a
"Hello, world" program in the language of my choice. Since I'm choosing Haskell,
I created this example as my starter boilerplate.
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William Carroll 2020-08-04 16:36:31 +01:00
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:set prompt "> "
:set -Wall

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{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
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module Main where
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import Options.Applicative
import Data.Semigroup ((<>))
import qualified System.Environment as Env
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data CommandArgs = CommandArgs
{ hello :: String
, quiet :: Bool
, enthusiasm :: Int
} deriving (Eq, Show)
parseArgs :: Parser CommandArgs
parseArgs =
CommandArgs <$> strOption
( long "hello"
<> metavar "TARGET"
<> help "Target for the greeting" )
<*> switch
( long "quiet"
<> short 'q'
<> help "Whether to be quiet" )
<*> option auto
( long "enthusiasm"
<> help "How enthusiastic to greet"
<> showDefault
<> value 1
<> metavar "INT" )
main :: IO ()
main = do
args <- execParser opts
greet args
where
opts = info (parseArgs <**> helper)
( fullDesc
<> progDesc "Print a greeting for TARGET"
<> header "header - a test for optparse-applicative" )
greet :: CommandArgs -> IO ()
greet CommandArgs{..} = putStrLn $ "Hello, " ++ hello ++ replicate enthusiasm '!'

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let
pkgs = import /home/wpcarro/nixpkgs {};
in pkgs.mkShell {
buildInputs = with pkgs; [
(haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (hpkgs: with hpkgs; [
optparse-applicative
]))
];
}