void* error

Hi all.

I've a problem with the void*. I explain it:

Code:

void leggi_vettore(void* & v, int n, int t){
	if(t==1){
		v = new float[n];
	}else if(t==0){
		v = new unsigned short[n];
	}else cout << "Error!";
	for (int i=0 ; i<n ; i++){
		cout << "Inserimento in posizione [ " << i << " ]: ";
		cin >> v[i];
	}
}

I want to have a dynamic array and I want to decide with "int t" if it must be float or unsigned short.
When I did "cin >> v[i];" the compiler makes this error: "void* is not a pointer to object type".

What I can do?

You need to convert v to an appropriate (non-void) pointer type, otherwise v[i] is invalid (there is no such thing in C++ as an array of voids).

All the compiler knows about v in your last loop is that it is a pointer to void. It does not magically keep track of the fact you've created arrays of different types just beforehand - hence the complaint.