What does int argc, char* argv[] mean?

In this tutorial I explain the meaning of the argc and argv variables that are often passed in the main function of a C or C++ program.
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[@hass89]

Argc is ARGument Count and and argv is ARGument Vector.

[@felipemartin8255]

And "Vector reffers to an array, not a C++ or Euclidean vector" See reference here: www.cplusplus.com/articles/DEN36Up4/ Ps.: Although the name of the site be cpluplus.com, all the teachings contained there are compatible with C.

[@dronebee]

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[@lovemoreanime6981]

is he managing directory by programming ?

[@makara2711]

what are counts and vectors in C?

[@Phantom-fi8sc]

@@makara2711 I tried to print the argv it shows the path of some designated file

[@Rookwie]

I couldn't understand this for so long, I read some stack overflow, watched some tutorials, looked up some problems and nothing helped until I found this video, great explanation!! Feels way better to finally understand this

[@mikroelektro]

Never understood it until I saw you video 👌👍

[@mustafaadam9697]

You CAN declare a variable inside a for loop in C. Just use C99 or C11.

[@nicolareiman9687]

@Artem Katerynych It's a standard that the compilers have to follow. it's not a version

[@nicolareiman9687]

@Artem Katerynych Well technically we're both late.

[@316monisbandey3]

@@nicolareiman9687 yes

[@NateROCKS112]

@@nicolareiman9687 it is a version, if you define it to be "[a] particular form or variation of an earlier or original type" (American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Edition). It's not a version of a particular C implementation -- such as a compiler or standard library -- but it is a version of the C language. Edit: And I'm also a year late, lol.

[@redemedy8602]

i was about to. To be honest i dont get why ppl dont use c99. I just dont get it. If anyone can explain i will apreciate it alot

[@reneezmp]

Hey Paul, I'd like you to thank for putting your energy into making this tutorial. It was really enlightening and it made me comprehend the concept much better. Keep up the awesome job.

[@jahitrst2863]

This scared me in the past to start with c++, but it's actually such a simple concept.

[@86jam184]

I want this guy to explain literally everything in my life

[@tonyblue5057]

You are literally the best my professor expected most of us to know c and it took me about 2 weeks on an assignment because i couldn't figure this out but bc of u i have been able to solve the task on the assignment. Thank u.

[@edwardmacnab354]

This is the clearest explanation I have ever seen on this particular item !

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[@johncusack4730]

Man, you are amazing! You really know what you're doing. Please, don't stop!!!

[@MaTTeO29c]

Thank you for your video! I'm French and it's super easy for me to understand everything. You took your time to be understandable and thank you so much for that!

[@mistakenmeme]

I remember being so intimidated by this when I started learning C++. But then I learned that I didn't need it at all and I forgot about it completely.

[@ibrahimozmen9668]

so do i have to learn this or what bro i am a cs student who are a completely beginner :)

[@mistakenmeme]

@@ibrahimozmen9668 unless you are building commandline applications for Linux or old terminal based systems, you don't need to worry about it.

[@ibrahimozmen9668]

@@mistakenmeme thanks bro. I just wanted to learn how it works

[@AZUBUIKETHANKGOD-wp2ri]

Quite a lucid explanation. Thanks Paul for making such an awesome video. You've gained a subscriber.

[@eatyourspinachtomperez8700]

Thx Paul. I recall Jullian Assange saying, "commitment requires sacrifice, courage is contageous". (The latter meaning if you surround yourself w/ your peers, courage is contageous). This said, while learning to code, (we're ALWAYS students however), we forget previous lessons etc, the "commitment" part is, constantly reviewing what we may forget. This said, THANK YOU for your great work here on KZbin. Cheers T

[@juliedurbin4465]

This video was so helpful with understanding my embedded systems homework. Your video really clears some things up. Thanks so much!

[@jalalbounaim]

Very clear, concise, to the point, intelligible. Many thxs

[@jesusnoseke4038]

I have been searching so much for this, even my book doesn't explain what is this, thx a lot

[@VietCong467]

Brilliant explanation, Paul! You just got yourself a new subscriber!

[@johnnywonglw2351]

SO WELL-EXPLAIN that I just signed in to give you a thumb-up!!! Thank you for the clear explanation.

[@makunenbrawl7995]

That's very simple by listening you. Love the away you explain think. Nice work

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Paul, A nice clear intelligent presentation. Well done and thank you! (Props also to Hassanin Ahmed, below.)

[@hoanghieu6389]

excellent explain.

[@cinarioan2766]

so clear and excellent explanation. Just to mention that the arguments must have a space or TAB between them and not a ; or ,

[@puertea2537]

Oh my god you are my hero!!! thank you so much bro... subscribed already

[@tinal3991]

Explicitly explained! Thank you paul!

[@LapCreativeStudio]

always provide notes to things you have spoken makes us understand better okay 👍 thank u so much for your efforts love from india

[@kebsem]

Thank you very much. The video was clear, easy to understand, and helpful!

[@shadyfixtech4763]

Well explained Paul. Thanks.

[@sidharths9416]

No words to explain. !!! Thanks a lot!!!!!

[@celestinemachuca2339]

thanks, i sleep thru my last lecture, this clears a lot!

[@adam3416]

finally the first helpful vid on this topic!

[@faithabike664]

Thanks Paul for this insightful video 😊.

[@s.spambot9095]

OMFG I was reading about this for like 1 hours and couldn't understand shit, and you made it so clear!!! Thank you!!

[@leedavis7143]

perfect lecture!~thank you, Paul~~~~~

[@Kader_1]

Thank you, very clear and concise explanation.

[@frostypawsgaming1338]

Cool, this confirmed my book seemed weird that it said this had to double check. good job.

[@Slausonkidd]

You just got a new subscriber thanks Paul

[@RCBajafreak]

Perfectly explained, thx a lot bro!

[@anonimosilva6723]

Thank you for this excential explanation!!

[@mixagames5425]

Thanks, this has confused me and I have it on my exam. You cleared it up :)

[@simonfoo96]

Thanks for this tutorial!!! It helps a lot!

[@jm52SD]

EXCELLENT video, just subscribed. thanks

[@qwerasdfhjkio]

Did you make a C programming tutorial? You explanations are so clear

[@tuananh284220]

I learn something today! Good explanation. Thanks!

[@6183134]

(In C programming it is not necessary to put in a for loop the type of the value...) Very good tutorial!!

[@shashamnk2525]

This is great! thanks from India paul

[@TurskoVideos]

Wow makes so much sense now. Thank you!

[@Moonz97]

Really helpful, thanks!

[@ouadieelouardy1171]

From ALX AFRICA Nice Explanation!

[@default-126]

You are just amazing bro, thank you so much, you helped me a lot!

[@chikir9777]

Thanks works fine. Greetings from Italy

[@godsugodsu4719]

Bro holy shit. I misunderstood arg c and argv when i first heard it. But god damn now i finally know how to use it. Thank you so much

[@Elliandr]

You explained this way better than my teacher.

[@alehunter15]

excellent examples and explanations cheers!

[@cruisetvshow]

good explanation. well understood. thanks man

[@yann8442]

You are better at explaining than my actual teachers. +1 sub

[@untipoacaso5763]

maybe you mean sub++ ( I know, I'm not funny)

[@meminhofuny]

Thanks for the explanation, God bless you!!!

[@bluegiant13]

Thanks for the explanation I get it, but why is it required? What happens in the background process?

Great explanation, most of the university professors can't explain this.

[@dav8485]

Great explanation, Thank you so much!

[@facebook219]

thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb

[@BittiKit]

Thank you so much! Very clear explanation.

[@GodOfLemon]

My friend, in C you can declare "int i=0" in the for loop. Wish you the best!

[@ledues3336]

Alexandru Dinu yes, but that variable would be deleted as soon as the for loop finishes!

[@upcom1ng116]

@@ledues3336 Can you please explain a bit more? or point to the right source? Because CS50 does the same as Alexandru mention above.

[@marcelbarbosa281]

​@@ledues3336 Yes, this is the intent.

[@TheMrMalony]

This was very helpful, thanks!

[@adamodimattia]

Mindblowing! First I wondered what it was in Java, then in C# and now I finally got the answer in C++ :)

[@frogsam4228]

it's actually C

[@adamodimattia]

@@frogsam4228 it's identical in this case

[@frogsam4228]

@@adamodimattia Idk tbh bcz I know nothing about c++ but I'm sure that the format of main itself is different also the standard library is iostream right? so I guess they can't be identical right

[@adamodimattia]

@@frogsam4228 it is, but also in C++ you can use everyting what is in C, all the C libs too

[@frogsam4228]

@@adamodimattia ooh I didn't know that thanks a lot

[@tassneemaltaf2001]

Thank you so much for the help!

[@andrasimion6731]

best video explaining this! thank you

[@samdavepollard]

good one i can put scanf back on the shelf and just pass values in when i run stuff many thanks for sharing your knowledge subbed

[@youzhen11]

fantastic explanation!

[@hindloumari9884]

Thank you so much for this video ! it really helped me !

[@mahfuzuddin4545]

great explanation!

[@piotrwolak8489]

really helpful, although the if loop seems unnecessary. If the argc

[@wulfriclee1983]

Great explanation, thanks.

[@yevgeniysimonov5906]

Great, thanks for the explanation!

[@volkerking5932]

I'm new in porgramming and this video show me for what is this argc and argv. But for what need argc to count his own call from the elter process?

[@louisdasselaar7806]

Very good explenation!

[@praveen1160]

great explanation understood in one go...

[@0xkey434]

Great tutorial!

[@raiyan22]

Thank you very much! This is well explained! :)

[@adetolasanni2]

Thank you. Pretty decent explanation.

[@TheRealHeroDude]

Thank you this helped me a lot!

[@SkySentry7]

BRAVO! Thanks so much sir.

[@RyanLasek]

Thank you. Your teaching had a very clear progression from basic code to more complex code.

[@frankkkmate4267]

Thanks so much dude，it really helps me in terms of my final...

[@richardifeanyicaleb9653]

Bro, thanks for details explanation.

[@maormoyal10]

Great explanation, thx!

[@aurianevez2624]

Thanks super clear explanation !

[@RajatAggarwal-rl1fz]

This was awesome!

[@7Mango033]

very very good video helped a lot thanks dude :)

[@agdimitrova]

Real savior!!!! Thank you!!!!

[@abbassajjadian698]

Wonderful explanation! Thanks.

[@mrenmajozi2617]

I have only seen The way I understand it - int main(int argc, char* argv[]) is like saying data_type array_name[] -int main(int argc, char* argv) This one takes a string called argv instead of an array. Since string is declared as char* string - int main( int argc, char **argv) uses a pointer concept Check this www.programiz.com/c-programming/c-pointers

[@benkelcoder5947]

Thank you, from Turkey.

[@menachemlevi]

great explanation

[@beastlybob572]

I finally get it! Thanks!

[@Recordingization]

Thanks for your video.May I know if I use c++,could I use string[] instead.of char* []?

[@canerdogan9916]

perfect video which helped me a lot

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Well and clear explanationn...

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Subscribed! Thank you! :D

[@mattm32]

Thanks it is very well explained