# Re: GetoptLong Accessing the values with out looping

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-getoptlong-accessing-the-values-with-out-looping/94852>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 16, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-getoptlong-accessing-the-values-with-out-looping/94852 "2006-05-16T17:43:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-getoptlong-accessing-the-values-with-out-looping/94852/1 "2006-05-16T17:43:29Z")

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> > directly  
> > as a workaround.
> > 
> > May I ask when you would want to parse an arbitrary array? I’m  
> > curious.
> 
> Easier to write unit tests for, maybe.

I just push arguments onto ARGV directly for that. In fact, it’s what I  
do for the unit tests for getopt. 🙂

Dan

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