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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/option-array-type.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/option-array-type.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f073dc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/option-array-type.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# An array type for user options + +Previously to have an option that took more than one value a string value would +have to be created and split, but validating this was difficult. A new array type +has been added to the meson_options.txt for this case. It works like a 'combo', but +allows more than one option to be passed. When used on the command line (with -D), +values are passed as a comma separated list. + +```meson +option('array_opt', type : 'array', choices : ['one', 'two', 'three'], value : ['one']) +``` + +These can be overwritten on the command line, + +```meson +meson _build -Darray_opt=two,three +``` |