I am needing to pass an entire vector of objects to a constructor of another class. I have succeeded in doing this with a single vector object, but with the entire vector, it's giving me trouble.

Here is the code.

classes.h:

 
class Star: public Spell
{
     public:
          Star(std::vector<Hero>& hero_list): h_list(hero_list) {}
     protected:
          std::vector<Hero>& h_list;
}
 

spells.cpp:

 
Star::Star(std::vector<Hero>& hero_list): h_list(hero_list)
{
 
}
 

and then the call from main.cpp:

 
std::vector<Spell*> spells;
spells.push_back(new Star(*heroes));
 

Right now, it's not liking the call. I get: "Error: no operator "*" matches these operands"

I have similar code that is working just fine with passing a single object from the vector, but not this.

I need to pass the entire vector for this particular spell sub-class so it can check values of multiple hero objects and make changes to them.

I'm going to assume that your variable heroes is not a pointer, in which case you should not use the * operator and just pass it directly to the constructor: spells.push_back(new Star(heroes));

It works for your single objects since they are pointers.

That isnt working either : ( Thank you though. Im so confused!

Oh yeah, the declaration of the heroes vector is

std::vector<Hero*> heroes;

Thank you so much! It hit me after you asked what the type was. Pointers and references do still confuse me a bit but I am trying! Thanks for the help!