title: Specifying arguments in launch.json for Python
body: <p>I want to specify arguments in my <code>launch.json</code> file for debugging. I know I can do the following:</p>
  <pre><code>&quot;args&quot;: [&quot;--arg1&quot;, &quot;value&quot;, &quot;--arg2&quot;]
  </code></pre>
  <p>However, I have a very long list of arguments that is formatted as a space-delimited string. Something like this: <code>&quot;--arg1 value --arg2&quot;</code>. I tried specifying:</p>
  <pre><code>&quot;args&quot;: [&quot;--arg1 value --arg2&quot;]
  </code></pre>
  <p>But that didn't work. Right now my workflow is to take the string of arguments, run it through a Python script that changes the string into a list and copy paste it in my <code>launch.json</code> file. Is there a better way to do this?</p>