G'day m_jaser,

Here's a very basic example of how you might go about this.

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dump;
use Getopt::Long qw{GetOptionsFromString};

my ($x, $y, $z) = (0, 0, 0);
my %opts = ('x=i', \$x, 'y=i', \$y, 'z=i', \$z);

dd \%opts;

GetOptions(%opts);

dd \%opts;

print 'Enter new: ';
chomp(my $new = <>);

GetOptionsFromString($new, %opts);

dd \%opts;
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Sample run:

$ pm_1184309_getopt_long_opts_from_string.pl -x 1 -y 2
{ "x=i" => \0, "y=i" => \0, "z=i" => \0 }
{ "x=i" => \1, "y=i" => \2, "z=i" => \0 }
Enter new: -y 3 -z 4 -x 0
{ "x=i" => \0, "y=i" => \3, "z=i" => \4 }
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In "Re^2: How to process Getopt::Long from STDIN", you asked:

"I'm not sure how this works with GetOptionsFromString perhaps?"

That may answer your question. See the Getopt::Long documentation for details.

Thanks a lot Ken...! That works perfectly.

Speaking from some experience before any real thought, there are a couple of ways you may be able to do this, depending on what's actually going on in your code. So, with that said, it'd help if you could show the code that presents this problem (a small, but fully working example that demonstrates and duplicates the issue at hand).

Thanks for your quick response...! Here's what the first part of the code looks like:

my (
   $Carrier_Option,
   $printHelp,
   $version,
   $Nr_of_TP,
   $is_BS,
   $my_legend,
   $curr_dir,
);

GetOptions(
   "c|C|carriers=s"=>\$Carrier_Option,   #string
   "t|T|TP=i"=>\$Nr_of_TP,                  #numeric
   "h|H|Help"=>\$printHelp,                 #boolean
   "v|V|Version"=>\$version,             #boolean
   "b|B|BS|bs|Bs"=>\$is_BS,                 #boolean
   "l|l|legend=s"=>\$my_legend,             #string
   "a|A|altitude=i"=>\$BS_RadioHeight,
   "d|D|Directory=s"=>\$curr_dir,
);
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I run the script at first as follows:

perl Analyzer.pl -t 2 -c "4 1 2 3 4"
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If the options are not entered, then default settings are considered in the script's execution, and the active directory is taken from the current local working directory. The second part of the script (which is where i need the help) is still not complete, but my plan is to have something as follows:

print "To process another log file, enter the path to the log file alo
+ng with the options, or enter 'x' to exit: ";
my $New_User_Input=<STDIN>;
chomp $New_User_Input;

my $new_options=GetOptionsFromString($New_User_Input);
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I'm not sure how this works with GetOptionsFromString perhaps?? or some other method?

I hope this makes it a little clearer to what I intend to do.

Thanks...!