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roscpp roslaunch get arguments

asked 2014-07-01 09:52:28 -0500

crpizarr
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updated 2014-07-01 09:54:01 -0500

I have a launcher with some arguments, so I expect to launch it like this

roslaunch my_package my_launcher.launch my_argument:=some_value

Is there a way to get the value of "my_argument" ("some_value" as a string or number if it's a number) from the node code?

I want to do something like this:

std::string my_value = ros::launch::?????::get_arg("my_argument");

Thanks in advance

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You can get this argument in the launch file and send it over to the node you are starting. From the node you will get it as the args[] from (int argn, char *args[]). Doing it directly isn't possible I guess.