# z_vcpkg_function_arguments The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/docs/). **Only for internal use in vcpkg helpers. Behavior and arguments will change without notice.** Get a list of the arguments which were passed in. Unlike `ARGV`, which is simply the arguments joined with `;`, so that `(A B)` is not distinguishable from `("A;B")`, this macro gives `"A;B"` for the first argument list, and `"A\;B"` for the second. ```cmake z_vcpkg_function_arguments(<out-var> [<N>]) ``` `z_vcpkg_function_arguments` gets the arguments between `ARGV<N>` and the last argument. `<N>` defaults to `0`, so that all arguments are taken. ## Example: ```cmake function(foo_replacement) z_vcpkg_function_arguments(ARGS) foo(${ARGS}) ... endfunction() ``` ## Source [scripts/cmake/z\_vcpkg\_function\_arguments.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/z_vcpkg_function_arguments.cmake)