Question

I am trying to create a link list, but I am having trouble creating objects inside a function and assigning pointers to their addresses, since I believe they go out of scope when the function exits. Is this true? And, if so, how can I create an object outside the main and still use it?

Answer 1

Create the objects with the new operator. ie

void foo( myObject* bar1, myObject* bar2 ) {   bar1 = new myObject();   bar2 = new myObject();   // do something }  int main( int argc, char* argv[] ) {   myObject* thing1;   myObject* thing2;   foo( thing1, thing2 );    // Don't forget to release the memory!   delete thing1;   delete thing2;    return 0; }