Vector<string> trouble

[itzjonno]

I am tryng to display a random vector string. The vector object gets randomized, but the problem is that it only displays the FIRST letter of the string! Any ideas?

	vector<string> horses;

	vector<string>::const_iterator iter;

	horses.push_back("Red Rum");
	horses.push_back("Sampson");
	horses.push_back("Seabiscuit");
	horses.push_back("Man O' War");

	random_shuffle(horses.begin(), horses.end());

	iter = horses.begin();

	cout<<"The Horses are off!" <<endl;
	wait(1);
	cout<<"The Horses race out of the gate!"<<endl;
	wait(1);
	cout<< *iter->begin() <<" edges in front, not far from the finish!"<<endl;
	wait(1);
	cout<< *iter->begin() <<" is in the lead!"<<endl;
	wait(1);	
	cout<<"All the Horses are neck and neck!"<<endl<<endl;
	wait(4);

Thanks in advance :)

[moorecm]

Operator precedence problem. It is dereferencing iter and then calling begin() on the string. Try *(iter->begin()).

Or even better: horses.front()

EDIT: Nevermind that! ;)

[itzjonno]

I tried *(iter->begin()) but I get the same result! :(

[Bazzy]

iter->begin() calls std::string::begin as iter is already an iterator

[itzjonno]

SOLVED! I was using <cstring> instead of <string> in my headers, it worked straight away then with cout << *iter;