[BugFix] Revamp the usage of list syntax on routines (#6450)

* using list syntax on routines

* black

* ruff

* simplify

* black

7 files changed, 30 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_class_processor.py b/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_class_processor.py
index 6fff39aa18e..d7ddcdafcd2 100644
--- a/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_class_processor.py
+++ b/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_class_processor.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class ArgparseClassProcessor:
             if name.startswith("__") or name.startswith("_"):
                 continue
             if inspect.ismethod(member):
-
                 class_name = cls._get_class_name(target)
                 methods[f"{class_name}_{name}"] = ArgparseTranslator(
                     func=member,
diff --git a/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_translator.py b/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_translator.py
index 7931b22304f..605fbe6b41f 100644
--- a/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_translator.py
+++ b/cli/openbb_cli/argparse_translator/argparse_translator.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class ArgparseActionType(Enum):
 
 
 class CustomArgument(BaseModel):
-
     name: str
     type: Optional[Any]
     dest: str
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ class CustomArgument(BaseModel):
 
     # override
     def model_dump(self, **kwargs):
-
         res = super().model_dump(**kwargs)
 
         # Check if choices is present and if it's an empty tuple remove it
@@ -152,7 +150,6 @@ class ReferenceToCustomArgumentsProcessor:
     def build_custom_groups(self):
         """Build the custom groups from the reference."""
         for route, v in self.reference.items():
-
             for provider, args in v["parameters"].items():
                 if provider == "standard":
                     continue
diff --git a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_controller.py b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_controller.py
index b1952da5fcf..206e8a735bd 100644
--- a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_controller.py
+++ b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_controller.py
@@ -799,11 +799,22 @@ class BaseController(metaclass=ABCMeta):
             return None
 
         try:
-            # If the user uses a comma separated list of arguments, split them
-            for index, arg in enumerate(other_args):
-                if "," in arg:
-                    parts = arg.split(",")
-                    other_args[index : index + 1] = parts
+            # Determine the index of the routine arguments
+            routine_args_index = next(
+                (
+                    i + 1
+                    for i, arg in enumerate(other_args)
+                    if arg in ("-i", "--input")
+                    and "routine_args" in [action.dest for action in parser._actions]
+                ),
+                -1,
+            )
+            # Split comma-separated arguments, except for the argument at routine_args_index
+            other_args = [
+                part
+                for index, arg in enumerate(other_args)
+                for part in (arg.split(",") if index != routine_args_index else [arg])
+            ]
 
             (ns_parser, l_unknown_args) = parser.parse_known_args(other_args)
 
diff --git a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_platform_controller.py b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_platform_controller.py
index df67c708e14..ed8f0087516 100644
--- a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_platform_controller.py
+++ b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/base_platform_controller.py
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ class PlatformController(BaseController):
                     title = f"{self.PATH}{translator.func.__name__}"
 
                     if obbject:
-
                         if isinstance(obbject, OBBject):
                             if session.max_obbjects_exceeded() and obbject.results:
                                 session.obbject_registry.remove()
diff --git a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/cli_controller.py b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/cli_controller.py
index 49eaf92da33..ccd54ae9114 100644
--- a/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/cli_controller.py
+++ b/cli/openbb_cli/controllers/cli_controller.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class CLIController(BaseController):
             "--input",
             help="Select multiple inputs to be replaced in the routine and separated by commas. E.g. GME,AMC,BTC-USD",
             dest="routine_args",
-            type=lambda s: [str(item) for item in s.split(",")],
+            type=str,
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             "-e",
@@ -431,17 +431,22 @@ class CLIController(BaseController):
                 with open(routine_path) as fp:
                     raw_lines = list(fp)
 
+                script_inputs = []
                 # Capture ARGV either as list if args separated by commas or as single value
-                if ns_parser.routine_args:
-                    script_inputs = (
-                        ns_parser.routine_args
-                        if "," not in ns_parser.routine_args
-                        else ns_parser.routine_args.split(",")
+                if routine_args := ns_parser.routine_args:
+                    pattern = r"\[(.*?)\]"
+                    matches = re.findall(pattern, routine_args)
+
+                    for match in matches:
+                        routine_args = routine_args.replace(f"[{match}]", "")
+                        script_inputs.append(match)
+
+                    script_inputs.extend(
+                        [val for val in routine_args.split(",") if val]
                     )
 
                 err, parsed_script = parse_openbb_script(
-                    raw_lines=raw_lines,
-                    script_inputs=script_inputs if ns_parser.routine_args else None,
+                    raw_lines=raw_lines, script_inputs=script_inputs
                 )
 
                 # If there err output is not an empty string then it means there was an
@@ -546,7 +551,6 @@ def run_cli(jobs_cmds: Optional[List[str]] = None, test_mode=False):
         t_controller.print_help()
 
     while ret_code:
-
         # There is a command in the queue
         if t_controller.queue and len(t_controller.queue) > 0:
             # If the command is quitting the menu we want to return in here
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_controllers_settings_controller.py b/cli/tests/test_controllers_settings_controller.py
index 43928139205..7540b3bea4f 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_controllers_settings_controller.py
+++ b/cli/tests/test_controllers_settings_controller.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from openbb_cli.controllers.settings_controller import SettingsController
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_session():
     with patch("openbb_cli.controllers.settings_controller.session") as mock:
-
         mock.settings.USE_INTERACTIVE_DF = False
         mock.settings.ALLOWED_NUMBER_OF_ROWS = 20
         mock.settings.TIMEZONE = "UTC"
diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
index 385bdf9232c..cae9b8373d1 100644
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ b/ruff.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ force-wrap-aliases = true
 
 [lint.pylint]
 max-args = 8
-max-branches = 25
+max-branches = 26
 max-returns = 9
 max-statements = 30