using a vector outside the function

i'm writting a dll that has a vector and has a function to add an instance to the vector. heres the code i have in the dll

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vector<player> players(0);

export char* playerCreate(char *n = "", double si = 0)
{
    string name = n;
    player temp(name, static_cast<int>(si));
    
    players.insert(players.size(), temp);
    return (n);
} 


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i want to add the line players.insert(players.size(), temp); into the function, but i'm confussed how i can get the vector into the function. can anyone show me how to do it? thank you for your help.

Pass by reference just like you would with any other variable you wanted to modify in a function. If you are passing from outside the dll, then you must be careful though, since library classes might be different internally between the dll and the calling code.

Also note that it is clearer to use push_back instead of insert if you are adding to the end of the vector.

hmm. i don't get it though, the program calling the function won't be able to send a reference to the vector so how will i make it an argument?

Where is the vector? If the calling code cannot pass it in to the function, then the function must have access to it somehow.

If it is a global variable (not usually good design), then it should just be able to refer to it as your code does. Otherwise, there must be some other way to access that variable. How you do that depends on where the players variable is created and what else needs to access it.