sys.argv[1] meaning in script

Question

I\'m currently teaching myself Python and was just wondering (In reference to my example below) in simplified terms what the sys.argv[1] represents. Is it simpl

Answer 1

sys.argv is a list.

This list is created by your command line, it's a list of your command line arguments.

For example:

in your command line you input something like this,

python3.2 file.py something

sys.argv will become a list ['file.py', 'something']

In this case sys.argv[1] = 'something'