// Note: this requires the `cargo` feature use std::ops::RangeInclusive; use clap::{arg, command}; fn main() { let matches = command!() .arg( arg!() .help("Network port to use") .validator(port_in_range), ) .get_matches(); // Note, it's safe to call unwrap() because the arg is required let port: usize = matches .value_of_t("PORT") .expect("'PORT' is required and parsing will fail if its missing"); println!("PORT = {}", port); } const PORT_RANGE: RangeInclusive = 1..=65535; fn port_in_range(s: &str) -> Result<(), String> { let port: usize = s .parse() .map_err(|_| format!("`{}` isn't a port number", s))?; if PORT_RANGE.contains(&port) { Ok(()) } else { Err(format!( "Port not in range {}-{}", PORT_RANGE.start(), PORT_RANGE.end() )) } }