dereferencing pointers to pointers

Hi all,

I have a vector of pointers to objects called GamePiece
I'm using an iterator to go through them like this...

Code:

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vector<GamePiece*> v = p1->getPieces();
  for (vector<GamePiece*>::const_iterator ci = v.begin(); ci != v.end(); ++ci){
    GamePiece *p = *ci;
    p->getType();
}

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The code above compiles without error, but if I replace

Code:

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GamePiece *p = *ci;
p->getType();

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with

Code:

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**ci.getType()

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I get errors about not being able to convert one type to another. What would I have to do to dereference ci in one line?

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Originally Posted by Potterd64

Hi all,
I get errors about not being able to convert one type to another. What would I have to do to dereference ci in one line?

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Not positive (just started working with iterators) but I think you want to do (**ci).getType();

The only reason I'm not positive is because I'm not sure what you're doing with it but I'm positive that that's how you would dereference it correctly. Precedence comes in to play.

Peter's right. Dereference has a lower precedence than membership. *a.b evaluates to *(a.b) when compiled.

(**ci).getType() can also translate to (*ci)->getType();