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In VS Code I just can't get command line arguments in launch.json working at all. What am I doing wrong?

I just started using VSCode a few days ago and decided to try using it for Python. A quick google search tells me that the launch.json file is where you specify commain line arguments but for the life of it, I can't get that working. It looks as if launch.json is being ignore completely.

Here's a barebones program I made:

import sys
print("testing command line args")
print(sys.argv)

And here's what my launch.json file looks like. It's pretty much what the editor generated and I just added the args parameter:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: Current File",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "justMyCode": true,
            "args": ["arg1", "arg2"]
        }
    ]
}

And here's the output:

testing command line args
['d:\\Dev\\Python Projects\\test.py']
PS D:\Dev>

I've gone so far as to put gibberish in various launch.json parameters. It's all just being ignored. What on earth am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • After configuring launch.json file, you should click the run button in run and debug instead of directly clicking debug in the upper right corner of the file. VS Code screen shot