Thread: vector of pointers

how do I get the value of 'a' from the vector ?

Code:

int a = 5, *b = &a;
vector<int*> v;
v.push_back(b);
cout << ?

edit:
found how:
*v[0]

Originally Posted by jaymz

I agree with you. I would totally avoid using pointers in this case, but unfortunately I am forced to

Now I discovered another inconvenience of doing this. I am now pushing more values into it. While iterating through this vector, it only prints out the last value pushed for each v[i] vector position. How to fix this ? Maybe I'm not pushing correctly and my vector has the same (last pushed) value all over ?

Let me guess - you're pushing a pointer to the same value each and every time? Perhaps you should post your code so that we can see what's going on...

Putting the address of a local variable inside a container of pointers, is a huge red flag.
Show us some code and we'll work out how you should be doing it.