Vector Of Structs Problem

[Wr3ckinCr3w]

Hello, I'm having problems passing a vector of structs to a function. What I'm trying to do is create a program that implements of a vector of structs which hold data about an object. Thanks in advance if you can provide any help.

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdio>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm> 
#include <fstream>

        //Struct to hold the card values
	struct Car
	{
		std::string CarName;
		int CarYear;
		int CarNum;
	};
   
        //Vector prototype 
	std::vector<Car> Initialize(std::vector<Car> &MVehicle);
	
void main()
{
	
//Instance of struct
std::vector<Car> Vehicle;

//Pass the vector of struct to the function
Vehicle = Initialize(Vehicle);

//Function call
Initialize(Vehicle);
				
	system ("PAUSE");
}

std::vector<Car> Initialize(std::vector<Car> &MVehicle)
{

	return MVehicle;
}

[Bazzy]

Which problem are you having?

[Wr3ckinCr3w]

Sorry about that. The problem i'm having is that I can't access the struct once i'm inside the function. For instance, I can't do MVehicle.CarName and enter a value for that struct. Instead, it gives me a lists of options for a vector only. So it looks like i'm only passing a vector instead of a struct.

[Bazzy]

You are passing the vector: std::vector<Car> Initialize(std::vector<Car> &MVehicle)

[Wr3ckinCr3w]

Yeah, but I need to pass the vector with structs inside of it. I can't figure out what the syntax would be in order to do that.

[Bazzy]

You are passing a vector of struct objects, each element of the vector would be an object of the struct ( the vector you are passing is empty )
What are you trying to do in that function?

[manojr]

Instead of MVehicle.CarName try MVehilcle.at(0).CarName.

[Bazzy]

If the argument passed is an empty vector, it won't work