Howdy Folks, This should be an easy answer, but I read four or five tutorials and still couldnt figure it out. I have a linked list which is templated to contain (Character *) which represents a sprite in my program. list* charList = new list(); ...(add stuff in here) now i wish to iterate through my list and draw each item: list::iterator start = charList->begin(); list::iteraotr stop = charList->end(); for( ; start != stop; ++start) **start->draw()!!!???? i cant figure out for the life of me how to dereference this correctly! I feel like I''ve tried every possible combination! thanks, dave

For your example you would need to do
(*start)->draw();

You should really think about using the "proper" STL way of doing things and look up the for_each method (which can be found, along with many other useful methods, in the header file).

#include<algorithm>
#include<functional>

std::for_each( start, stop, std::mem_fun( &Character::draw ) );

edit : added headers and scope prefix

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[edited by - Fruny on February 15, 2003 10:46:18 AM]