Visual Studio Code: arguments not passed to C command line application - c

Question

I have started using Visual Studio Code on Kali Linux 2019.4. I am compiling C code using the Code Runner extension. I am experiencing an issue where arguments passed to the application via "args": ["String1", "String2"] in launch.json, are not getting passed to the application as is indicated in the below output:
Output:
[Running] cd "/home/user/Desktop/test/" && gcc test.c -o test && "/home/user/Desktop/test/"test
Length of argv is: 1
Arg 1 is: /home/user/Desktop/test/test
Arg 2 is: (null)
Arg 3 is: GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
Missing argument
[Done] exited with code=1 in 1.166 seconds
What could be the reason that the arguments are not getting passed? I have included the C code and launch.json contents below:
C code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
printf("Length of argv is: %d\n", argc);
printf("Arg 1 is: %s\n", argv[0]);
printf("Arg 2 is: %s\n", argv[1]);
printf("Arg 3 is: %s\n", argv[2]);
if (argc < 3)
{
printf("Missing argument\n");
exit(1);
}
printf("Arg 1 is %s\n", argv[1]);
printf("Arg 2 is %s\n", argv[2]);
return 0;
}
launch.json:
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "gcc build and debug active file",
"type": "cppdbg",
"request": "launch",
"program": "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
"args": ["String1","String2"],
"stopAtEntry": false,
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"environment": [],
"externalConsole": false,
"MIMode": "gdb",
"setupCommands": [
{
"description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
"text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
"ignoreFailures": true
}
],
"preLaunchTask": "gcc build active file",
"miDebuggerPath": "/usr/bin/gdb"
}
]
}

Answer 1

If you update your code runner executor map settings inthe extensios' settings.json to from
"gcc cd $dirName $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $dirName$fileNameWithoutExt"
To: (remove $dirname)
"gcc $fileName -o $fileNameWithoutExt && $fileNameWithoutExt arg1 arg2 arg3 .. etc"