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Expand Up @@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ The Namespace object
Other utilities
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Sub-commands
Subcommands
^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. method:: ArgumentParser.add_subparsers(*, [title], [description], [prog], \
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* *description* - description for the sub-parser group in help output, by
default ``None``

* *prog* - usage information that will be displayed with sub-command help,
* *prog* - usage information that will be displayed with subcommand help,
by default the name of the program and any positional arguments before the
subparser argument

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* action_ - the basic type of action to be taken when this argument is
encountered at the command line

* dest_ - name of the attribute under which sub-command name will be
* dest_ - name of the attribute under which subcommand name will be
stored; by default ``None`` and no value is stored

* required_ - Whether or not a subcommand must be provided, by default
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