argc

argca programming term that means argument count

URLs:

REF="http://varg.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-tutor.html">PROGRAMMING IN C: A TUTORIAL

A C programming tutorial with Multiple Levels of Pointers; Program Arguments

W3E Resources:

argv

The arguments that argc refers to.

C

C++

Detail:

When a C program is called, the arguments on the command line are made available to the main program as an argument count argc and an array of character strings argv containing the arguments. Manipulating these arguments is one of the most common uses of multiple levels of pointers ("pointer to pointer to ..."). By convention, argc is greater than zero; the first s argument (in argv[0]) is the command name itself.