--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ParseInput.py	Fri Mar 12 00:19:24 2021 +0000
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+#Functions for parsing command line arguments for ome ilastik prep
+import argparse
+
+
+def ParseInputDataExtract():
+   """Function for parsing command line arguments for input to single-cell
+   data extraction"""
+
+#if __name__ == '__main__':
+   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+   parser.add_argument('--masks',nargs='*')
+   parser.add_argument('--image')
+   parser.add_argument('--channel_names')
+   parser.add_argument('--output')
+   #parser.add_argument('--suffix')
+   args = parser.parse_args()
+   #Create a dictionary object to pass to the next function
+   dict = {'masks': args.masks, 'image': args.image,\
+    'channel_names': args.channel_names,'output':args.output}
+   #Print the dictionary object
+   print(dict)
+   #Return the dictionary
+   return dict