How to solve “boost::bad_any_cast: failed conversion using boost::any_cast” when using boost program options?

Question

//Using boost program options to read command line and config file data
    #include 
    using namespace std;
    using namespace b         


        

Answer 1

You need to declare the ip-address and port as strings when you add the options:

config.add_options()
    ("IPAddress,i", po::value(), "IP Address")
    ("Port,p", po::value(), "Port")
    ;