guages
   if (FLAGS_languages.find("finnish") != string::npos)
     HandleFinnish();
</pre>

<p>You can also get and set flag values via special functions in
<code>gflags.h</code>.  That's a rarer use case, though.</p>


<h2> <A name=declare>DECLARE: Using the Flag in a Different File</A> </h2>

<p>Accessing a flag in the manner of the previous section only works
if the flag was <code>DEFINE</code>-ed at the top of the file.  If it
wasn't, you'll get an 'unknown variable' error.</p>

<p>The <code>DECLARE_ty