C/C++ :: Return A Pointer To The Vector

Ok here is the code

//assuming that all the directives have been included here

void ptrPointer(vector<string>* const p, int n);
int main() {
vector<string> inventory;
vector.push_back("sword");
vector.push_back("knife");

[Code] .....

Well...my question is how come the last statement or cout statement to be accurate won't work and display? Since we can do something like this below?

string text = "some text";
string *p = &text;
cout << p;

I passed the address of the vector to the function. And then display the address. It is a pretty common operation. But it just won't work. But then we do something simple similar to that of the vector. But it works.