using simple timers in ROS - doesn't show up in rqt [closed]

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updated 2014-06-26 16:21:09 -0500

I am on ROS Hydro (with Catkin). I made a node with a C++ timer, with the following code;

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;

int main(int args,char* argv[])
{
 clock_t startTime = clock(); //Start timer
 double secondsPassed;

 bool flag = true;
 while(flag)
  {
   secondsPassed = (clock() - startTime) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
   if(secondsPassed >= 120)
    {
     std::cout << "Hello ROS, this is a C++ node and " << secondsPassed << " seconds have passed" << std::endl;
     flag = false;
    }
  }
}

This works just fine ! but the funny part is that it doesn't show up on rqt. If the node is running for 120 seconds, it should register in rqt for those 120 seconds - which it doesn't ! Any hints ? explanation ? or am I doing something wrong ?

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/** * The ros::init() function needs to see argc and argv so that it can perform * any ROS arguments and name remapping that were provided at the command line. For programmatic * remappings you can use a different version of init() which takes remappings * directly, but for most command-line programs, passing argc and argv is the easiest * way to do it. The third argument to init() is the name of the node. * * You must call one of the versions of ros::init() before using any other * part of the ROS system. */ ros::init(argc, argv, "Timer"); /** * NodeHandle is the main access point to communications with the ROS system. * The first NodeHandle constructed will fully initialize this node, and the last * NodeHandle destructed will close down the node. */ ros::NodeHandle n;

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