//! How to parse `--foo=true --bar=false` and turn them into bool. use clap::Clap; fn true_or_false(s: &str) -> Result { match s { "true" => Ok(true), "false" => Ok(false), _ => Err("expected `true` or `false`"), } } #[derive(Clap, Debug, PartialEq)] struct Opt { // Default parser for `try_from_str` is FromStr::from_str. // `impl FromStr for bool` parses `true` or `false` so this // works as expected. #[clap(long, parse(try_from_str))] foo: bool, // Of course, this could be done with an explicit parser function. #[clap(long, parse(try_from_str = true_or_false))] bar: bool, // `bool` can be positional only with explicit `parse(...)` annotation #[clap(long, parse(try_from_str))] boom: bool, } fn main() { assert_eq!( Opt::parse_from(&["test", "--foo=true", "--bar=false", "true"]), Opt { foo: true, bar: false, boom: true } ); // no beauty, only truth and falseness assert!(Opt::try_parse_from(&["test", "--foo=beauty"]).is_err()); }