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How to make a callback function for range topic [closed]

asked 2013-06-11 06:21:33 -0600

Icehawk101

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Hello,

I am subscribing to a range message but am unsure what to do. I need to save the range value as a double into a global array variable. I have:


void front(const sensor_msgs::Range &msg)
{
     data[0] = ???;
}

I am unsure was goes in the ??? obviously. I think it is something like msg->range.size() but I am not sure. Is this correct?

Thanks

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answered 2013-06-11 09:44:35 -0600

SL Remy
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updated 2013-06-11 09:46:28 -0600

According to sensor_msgs/Range.msg, the data is in msg->range. The range is a float32 (a single number).

If you were to use the sensor_msgs/LaserScan.msg instead, the set of ranges would be found in msg->ranges. Then msg->range.size() would have some meaning (since it's a vector).

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I am using IR sensors. Thanks for your help!

Icehawk101 ( 2013-06-11 09:52:05 -0600 )edit

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