[RESOLVED] problem using vector for file directory

[Moschops]

As an aside to your primary question, that call to main() at the end of your function void list(vector<string>files) - what is that for? Why are you calling main from within a function?

I think we might need to see your main() function to work out the problem. The code below works as expected.

#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>


int main()
{
  
  using std::vector;
  using std::string;
  using std::cout;
  


  vector<string> files;
  files.push_back("C:/bills/default.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/jan.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/feb.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/mar.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/april.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/may.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/june.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/july.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/aug.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/sept.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/oct.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/nov.txt");
  files.push_back("C:/bills/dec.txt");
  string file;
                   
  file=files[0];
  
  cout << file;
  return 0;
  
}