How to call clang-format from Python script

Question

I have a Python tool that generates C++ files.

In order to test the tool, I have one test that compares the generated file with an expected output file.

diff = difflib.unified_diff(expectedFile.readlines(), file.readlines(), expectedFilename, filename)

The problem is that I'm getting some differences due to the format.

I can run clang-format on the expected output file. What I'm still trying to do is to run clang-format on the generated files, just before the difflib.unified_diff is called.

Can anyone help me on how I can run clang-format in Python on a file ?

Thank you very much!

ConsistentProgrammer · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-28 10:17:11Z

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You can use the call command that is supplied by Python to call an external command. For example, you can write a script like:

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
from subprocess import call
lc = ["clang-format","test.c"] # replace 'test.c' with the your filename.
retcode=call(lc)
sys.exit(retcode);

answered Feb 28, 2019 at 10:17

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