vectors and inherited classes

[DevInCode]

My class is Creature which has subclass called Human

I have a vector of * creatures
vector<Creature > * creatures .....

It is filled with dozens of creature objects. However I want to make one of those creatures into a Human, how can I do this as the vector isn't of that type.

This doesn't work
vector->at(10) = new Human();

[newb16]

Use vector<shared_p tr<baseClass> > where creature and human inherit baseClass.

[weaknessforcats]

vector<Creature > * creatures .....

You need to derive Humans from Creature.

Then you need a vector of Creature* and not a pointer to a vector<Creature >.

Like this:

vector<Creature*> creatures.

Then your code should work.

Using shared_ptr is not standard C++ yet. But it is a good idea.