stl vector + iterator operation

I wrote a simple 'base' class and I then had a vector of 'base' objects.I then created 10 base objects.I then wanted to ouput the contents of it using a iterator.How do i do it? i get error.

Code:

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class base{  /*simple base class*/
private:
        int status;
public:
        int getStatus(){
                return status;
        }
        base(int num){
                status =num;
        }
};

int main(void){

        vector<base> the_vector;
        vector<base>::iterator the_iterator;

        /*INPUT AND CREATE BASE OBJECTS OF VALUES 1 to 10*/
        for( int i=1; i < 11; i++ ){
                base a(i);
                the_vector.push_back(a);
        }
       
        /*OUTPUT 1 to 10*/
        the_iterator = the_vector.begin();
        while( the_iterator != the_vector.end() ) {
                cout<<the_vector.getStatus()<<endl;  //ERROR LINE
                the_iterator++;
        }
}

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it must be a silly error i guess.
thanx

the_iterator->getStatus()

And the standard way to iterate over a container is

Code:

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for(iterator_type it = container.begin(); it != container.end(); ++it) {
}

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