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Minor improvements to grammar and markup. (GH-91762)

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@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ around an instance of :class:`argparse.ArgumentParser`. It is a container for
argument specifications and has options that apply the parser as whole::
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
prog = 'ProgramName',
description = 'What the program does',
epilog = 'Text at the bottom of help')
prog = 'ProgramName',
description = 'What the program does',
epilog = 'Text at the bottom of help')
The :func:`ArgumentParser.add_argument` function attaches individual argument
The :meth:`ArgumentParser.add_argument` method attaches individual argument
specifications to the parser. It supports positional arguments, options that
accept values, and on/off flags::
parser.add_argument('filename') # positional argument
parser.add_argument('-c', '--count') # option that takes value
parser.add_argument('-c', '--count') # option that takes a value
parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose',
action='store_true') # on/off flag
The :func:`ArgumentParser.parse_args` function runs the parser and puts
The :meth:`ArgumentParser.parse_args` method runs the parser and places
the extracted data in a :class:`argparse.Namespace` object::
args = parser.parse_args()
@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ Quick Links for add_argument()
Name Description Values
====================== =========================================================== ==========================================================================================================================
action_ Specify how an argument should be handled ``'store'``, ``'store_const'``, ``'store_true'``, ``'append'``, ``'append_const'``, ``'count'``, ``'help'``, ``'version'``
choices_ Limit values to specific set of choices ``['foo', 'bar']``, ``range(1, 10)``, or an object that supports ``in`` operator
choices_ Limit values to a specific set of choices ``['foo', 'bar']``, ``range(1, 10)``, or :class:`~collections.abc.Container` instance
const_ Store a constant value
default_ Default value used when an argument is not provided
dest_ Specify the attribute name in result namespace
default_ Default value used when an argument is not provided Defaults to *None*
dest_ Specify the attribute name used in the result namespace
help_ Help message for an argument
metavar_ Alternate display name for the argument as shown in help
nargs_ Number of times the argument can be used ``N`` (:class:`int`), ``'?'``, ``'*'``, ``'+'``, ``argparse.REMAINDER``
required_ Indicate whether an optional argument is required or not ``True``, ``False``
type_ Automatically convert an argument to the given type :class:`int`, :class:`float`, ``argparse.FileType('w')``, or any callable function
nargs_ Number of times the argument can be used :class:`int`, ``'?'``, ``'*'``, ``'+'``, or ``argparse.REMAINDER``
required_ Indicate whether an argument is required or optional ``True`` or ``False``
type_ Automatically convert an argument to the given type :class:`int`, :class:`float`, ``argparse.FileType('w')``, or callable function
====================== =========================================================== ==========================================================================================================================