c++ - Array of different objects -
alright trying this. i have account class, have checkingaccount , savingsaccount class inherit account class. in program have array called accounts. going hold objects of both types of accounts. account** accounts; accounts = new account*[numaccounts]; accountfile >> tempaccountnum >> tempbalance >> temptransfee; checkingaccount tempaccount(tempbalance, tempaccountnum, temptransfee); accounts[i] = tempaccount; i error when trying assign tempaccount accounts array. no suitable conversion function "checkingaccount" "account" exists. how make accounts array hold both kinds of objects? each element in accounts account* . is, "pointer account ". you're trying assign account directly. instead, should taking address of account: accounts[i] = &tempaccount; remember pointer pointing @ invalid object once tempaccount has gone out of scope. consider avoiding arrays , pointers. unless have reason not to, us