diff --git a/jngen.h b/jngen.h
index b043856..ae2d58d 100644
--- a/jngen.h
+++ b/jngen.h
@@ -114,55 +114,212 @@ class Dsu {
 
 
 
+#include <map>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace jngen {
 
-namespace detail {
+struct VariableMap {
+    std::vector<std::string> positional;
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> named;
 
-template<typename T>
-void readVariable(T& var, const std::string& value) {
-    if (value.empty()) {
-        return;
+    int count(size_t pos) const {
+        return pos < positional.size();
+    }
+
+    int count(const std::string& name) const {
+        return named.count(name);
+    }
+
+    std::string operator[](size_t pos) const {
+        if (!count(pos)) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return positional[pos];
+    }
+
+    std::string operator[](const std::string& name) const {
+        if (!count(name)) {
+            return name;
+        }
+        return named.at(name);
+    }
+
+    bool initialized = false;
+};
+
+// TODO: think about seed as a last argument
+inline VariableMap parseArguments(const std::vector<std::string>& args) {
+    VariableMap result;
+
+    for (const std::string& s: args) {
+        if (s == "-") {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (s == "--") {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (s[0] != '-') {
+            result.positional.push_back(s);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        std::string name;
+        std::string value;
+        bool foundEq = false;
+        for (char c: s.substr(1)) {
+            if (!foundEq && c == '=') {
+                foundEq = true;
+            } else {
+                if (foundEq) {
+                    value += c;
+                } else {
+                    name += c;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (foundEq) {
+            ensure(
+                !result.named.count(value),
+                "Named arguments must have distinct names");
+            result.named[name] = value;
+        } else {
+            result.positional.push_back(name);
+        }
     }
 
+    result.initialized = true;
+    return result;
+}
+
+VariableMap vmap;
+
+template<typename T>
+bool readVariable(const std::string& value, T& var) {
     std::istringstream ss(value);
-    ss >> var;
 
-    ensure(ss, "Failed to parse a value from a command line argument");
+    T t;
+    if (ss >> t) {
+        var = t;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
-typedef std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator OptionIterator;
+template<typename T>
+bool getOpt(size_t index, T& var) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getOpt(...)");
+    if (!vmap.count(index)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return readVariable(vmap[index], var);
+}
 
-void getopts(OptionIterator)
-{  }
+template<typename T>
+bool getOpt(const std::string& name, T& var) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getOpt(...)");
+    if (!vmap.count(name)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return readVariable(vmap[name], var);
+}
+
+inline void parseArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    vmap = parseArguments(std::vector<std::string>(argv + 1, argv + argc));
+}
+
+namespace detail {
+
+inline std::vector<std::string> splitByComma(std::string s) {
+    auto strip = [](std::string s) {
+        size_t l = 0;
+        while (l < s.size() && s[l] == ' ') {
+            ++l;
+        }
+        s = s.substr(l);
+        while (!s.empty() && s.back() == ' ') {
+            s.pop_back();
+        }
+        return s;
+    };
+
+    std::vector<std::string> result;
+    s += ',';
+    std::string cur;
+
+    for (char c: s) {
+        if (c == ',') {
+            result.push_back(strip(cur));
+            cur.clear();
+        } else {
+            cur += c;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+inline int getNamedImpl(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator) { return 0; }
+
+template<typename T, typename ... Args>
+int getNamedImpl(
+    std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it, T& var, Args&... args)
+{
+    int res = getOpt(*it, var);
+    res += getNamedImpl(++it, args...);
+    return res;
+}
+
+inline int getPositionalImpl(size_t) { return 0; }
 
 template<typename T, typename ... Args>
-void getopts(OptionIterator iter, T& var, Args& ...args) {
-    readVariable(var, *iter);
-    getopts(++iter, args...);
+int getPositionalImpl(size_t index, T& var, Args&... args) {
+    int res = getOpt(index, var);
+    res += getPositionalImpl(index + 1, args...);
+    return res;
 }
 
 } // namespace detail
 
 template<typename ... Args>
-void getopts(std::vector<std::string> options, Args& ...args) {
-    if (options.size() < sizeof...(args)) {
-        options.resize(sizeof...(args));
-    }
-    detail::getopts(options.cbegin(), args...);
+int doGetNamed(const std::string& names, Args&... args) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getNamed(...)");
+
+    auto namesSplit = detail::splitByComma(names);
+
+    ensure(
+        namesSplit.size() == sizeof...(args),
+        "Number of names is not equal to number of variables");
+
+    return detail::getNamedImpl(namesSplit.begin(), args...);
 }
 
 template<typename ... Args>
-void getopts(int argc, char *argv[], Args& ...args) {
-    return getopts(std::vector<std::string>(argv + 1, argv + argc), args...);
+int getPositional(Args&... args) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getPositional(...)");
+
+    return detail::getPositionalImpl(0, args...);
 }
 
 } // namespace jngen
 
-using jngen::getopts;
+using jngen::parseArgs;
+using jngen::getOpt;
+
+using jngen::getPositional;
+
+#define getNamed(...) jngen::doGetNamed(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)
 
 
 #include <algorithm>
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 9c80024..015eb79 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -2,52 +2,209 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 
+#include <map>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace jngen {
 
-namespace detail {
+struct VariableMap {
+    std::vector<std::string> positional;
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> named;
 
-template<typename T>
-void readVariable(T& var, const std::string& value) {
-    if (value.empty()) {
-        return;
+    int count(size_t pos) const {
+        return pos < positional.size();
+    }
+
+    int count(const std::string& name) const {
+        return named.count(name);
+    }
+
+    std::string operator[](size_t pos) const {
+        if (!count(pos)) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return positional[pos];
+    }
+
+    std::string operator[](const std::string& name) const {
+        if (!count(name)) {
+            return name;
+        }
+        return named.at(name);
+    }
+
+    bool initialized = false;
+};
+
+// TODO: think about seed as a last argument
+inline VariableMap parseArguments(const std::vector<std::string>& args) {
+    VariableMap result;
+
+    for (const std::string& s: args) {
+        if (s == "-") {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (s == "--") {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (s[0] != '-') {
+            result.positional.push_back(s);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        std::string name;
+        std::string value;
+        bool foundEq = false;
+        for (char c: s.substr(1)) {
+            if (!foundEq && c == '=') {
+                foundEq = true;
+            } else {
+                if (foundEq) {
+                    value += c;
+                } else {
+                    name += c;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (foundEq) {
+            ensure(
+                !result.named.count(value),
+                "Named arguments must have distinct names");
+            result.named[name] = value;
+        } else {
+            result.positional.push_back(name);
+        }
     }
 
+    result.initialized = true;
+    return result;
+}
+
+VariableMap vmap;
+
+template<typename T>
+bool readVariable(const std::string& value, T& var) {
     std::istringstream ss(value);
-    ss >> var;
 
-    ensure(ss, "Failed to parse a value from a command line argument");
+    T t;
+    if (ss >> t) {
+        var = t;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
-typedef std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator OptionIterator;
+template<typename T>
+bool getOpt(size_t index, T& var) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getOpt(...)");
+    if (!vmap.count(index)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return readVariable(vmap[index], var);
+}
 
-void getopts(OptionIterator)
-{  }
+template<typename T>
+bool getOpt(const std::string& name, T& var) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getOpt(...)");
+    if (!vmap.count(name)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return readVariable(vmap[name], var);
+}
+
+inline void parseArgs(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    vmap = parseArguments(std::vector<std::string>(argv + 1, argv + argc));
+}
+
+namespace detail {
+
+inline std::vector<std::string> splitByComma(std::string s) {
+    auto strip = [](std::string s) {
+        size_t l = 0;
+        while (l < s.size() && s[l] == ' ') {
+            ++l;
+        }
+        s = s.substr(l);
+        while (!s.empty() && s.back() == ' ') {
+            s.pop_back();
+        }
+        return s;
+    };
+
+    std::vector<std::string> result;
+    s += ',';
+    std::string cur;
+
+    for (char c: s) {
+        if (c == ',') {
+            result.push_back(strip(cur));
+            cur.clear();
+        } else {
+            cur += c;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+inline int getNamedImpl(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator) { return 0; }
 
 template<typename T, typename ... Args>
-void getopts(OptionIterator iter, T& var, Args& ...args) {
-    readVariable(var, *iter);
-    getopts(++iter, args...);
+int getNamedImpl(
+    std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it, T& var, Args&... args)
+{
+    int res = getOpt(*it, var);
+    res += getNamedImpl(++it, args...);
+    return res;
+}
+
+inline int getPositionalImpl(size_t) { return 0; }
+
+template<typename T, typename ... Args>
+int getPositionalImpl(size_t index, T& var, Args&... args) {
+    int res = getOpt(index, var);
+    res += getPositionalImpl(index + 1, args...);
+    return res;
 }
 
 } // namespace detail
 
 template<typename ... Args>
-void getopts(std::vector<std::string> options, Args& ...args) {
-    if (options.size() < sizeof...(args)) {
-        options.resize(sizeof...(args));
-    }
-    detail::getopts(options.cbegin(), args...);
+int doGetNamed(const std::string& names, Args&... args) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getNamed(...)");
+
+    auto namesSplit = detail::splitByComma(names);
+
+    ensure(
+        namesSplit.size() == sizeof...(args),
+        "Number of names is not equal to number of variables");
+
+    return detail::getNamedImpl(namesSplit.begin(), args...);
 }
 
 template<typename ... Args>
-void getopts(int argc, char *argv[], Args& ...args) {
-    return getopts(std::vector<std::string>(argv + 1, argv + argc), args...);
+int getPositional(Args&... args) {
+    ensure(
+        vmap.initialized,
+        "parseArgs(args, argv) must be called before getPositional(...)");
+
+    return detail::getPositionalImpl(0, args...);
 }
 
 } // namespace jngen
 
-using jngen::getopts;
+using jngen::parseArgs;
+using jngen::getOpt;
+
+using jngen::getPositional;
+
+#define getNamed(...) jngen::doGetNamed(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)