Problem with passing vector of pointers to objects to member function of another object
- by Jamesz
Hi,
I have a vector of pointers to Mouse objects called 'mice'.
I'm passing the mice to the cat by reference.
vector <Mouse*> mice;
Cat * c;
c->lookForMouse(&mice);
And here's my lookForMouse() member function
void Cat::lookForMouse(vector <Mouse*> *mice)
{
...
}
And now to the problem! Within the function above, I can't seem to access my mice. This below will not work
mice[i]->isActive();
The error message I receive suggests to use mice[i].isActive(), but this throws an error saying isActive() is not a member of std::vector<_Ty ...
This works though...
vector <Mouse*> miceCopy = *mice;
miceCopy[i]->isActive();
I understand that I shouldn't be creating another vector of mice here, it defeats the whole point of passing it by reference (let me know if I'm wrong)...
Why can't I do mice[i]-isActive() What should I be doing?
Thanks for your time and help :D
James.
