Sarah

The . operator is used when accessing a structure or class that is not a pointer. For example:

CPlayer cNewPlayer;

//some stuff

int iPID = cNewPlayer.getPlayerID();

printf("Player ID: %d\n", iPID);

The . operator calls the member function getPlayerID. Since the declaration wasn't a pointer, it doesn't use the -> operator. An example of using the -> would be:

CPlayerAmmo *cptrPAmmo;

//Some stuff

if ( cptrPAmmo->getHandgunAmmo() <= 0) {

cNewPlayer.setEmptyClip(mHandGun, true);

return 0;

}

Hope that helps.