#include <vector>
using namespace std;

double * func()
{
vector<double> vec;
return vec;
}

int main()
{double * p;
p=func();

return 0;
}

double * func()
{
vector<double> vec;
return vec;
}

vector<double> * func()
{
     vector<double> vec;
     return vec;
}

vector<account> vec_account; //creates a vector of accounts
vector<account> * p; //creates a pointer to a vector of accounts
get_accounts(vec_account); //fills the vector with accounts
p=vec_account; //stores the base address of the vector into the pointer -but I get an error?  Logically it makes since to me...

ERROR I GET IS:
code.cpp:266: cannot convert `std::vector<account, std::allocator<account> >'
   to `std::vector<account, std::allocator<account> >*' in assignment

for (match=0; p <  (p+v.size()) && match==0; ++p)
  if (acct_num==p->read_acct_num()) match=1      //acct_num is given by the user
i--;
if (match==0) cout<<"\n\tACCOUNT NUMBER DOES NOT EXIST!\n";
else {

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
using namespace std;

vector<double> *func()
{
   static const double init[] = {1.0,1.5,2.0,3.3};
   vector<double> *vec = new vector<double>(init, init + sizeof init / sizeof *init);
   return vec;
}

int main()
{
   vector<double> *p = func();
   copy(p->begin(), p->end(), ostream_iterator<double>(cout, "\n"));
   return 0;
}

/* my output
1
1.5
2
3.3
*/