Cannot convert argument 'int' to 'char &' - c++

Question

I am receiving a compiler error that I don't understand, and don't know how to deal with it properly. If anyone could offer me some advice on how to fix it I would be much appreciated. The error reads:
Error 1 error C2664: 'char myVector<char>::at(T &) const' : cannot convert argument 1 from 'int' to 'char &'
It's on line 159 of the header code where it reads out << rho.at(n);.
Driver:
#include <iostream>
#include "vectorHeader.h"
using namespace std;
int main()
{
const char START = 'A';
const int MAX = 12;
// create a vector of doubles
myVector<char> vectD;
// push some values into the vector
for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
{
vectD.push_back(START + i);
}
// remove the last element
vectD.pop_back();
// add another value
vectD.push_back('Z');
// test memory management
myVector<char> vectD2 = vectD;
// display the contents
cout << "\n[";
for (int i = 0; i < vectD2.size() - 1; i++)
{
cout << vectD2[i] << ", ";
}
cout << "..., " << vectD2.last() << "]\n";
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}
Header:
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
#include <stdexcept>
//Declaring constant
const int VECTOR_CAP = 2;
template <class T>
class myVector
{
private:
//Setting data members
T* vectorData;
int cap;
int numElements;
public:
//Default constructor
//Purpose: Creates a vector
//Parameters: None
//Returns: None
myVector();
//Parameterized constructor
//Purpose: Creates a vector capacity of n
//Parameters: None
//Returns: None
myVector(const T&);
//Copy Constructor
//Purpose: Copy data into vector
//Parameters: myVector object
//Returns: None
myVector(const myVector& copy)
{
numElements = copy.numElements;
vectorData = new T [numElements];
for (int i = 0; i < numElements; i++)
{
this->vectorData[i] = copy.vectorData[i];
}
}
//Destructor
//Purpose:Deletes any dynamically allocated storage
//Parameters: None
//Returns: None
~myVector();
//Size function
//Purpose: returns the size of your vector
//Parameters: None
//Returns: The size of your vector as an integer
int size() const;
//Capacity function
//Purpose: Returns the capacity of the vector
//Parameters: None
//Returns: Maximum value that your vector can hold
int capacity() const;
//Clear function
//Purpose: Deletes all of the elements from the vector and resets its size to zero
// and its capacity to two; thus becoming empty
//Parameters: None
//Returns: None
void clear();
//push_back function
//Purpose: Adds the integer value n to the end of the vector
//Parameters: Takes a integer to be placed in the vector
//Returns: None
void push_back(const T& n)
{
//If statement to handle if array is full
if (numElements == cap)
{
//Doubling the capacity
cap = cap * VECTOR_CAP;
//Allocating new array
T* newVectorData = new T[cap];
//Copying data
for (int i = 0; i < numElements; i++) newVectorData[i] = vectorData[i];
//Deleting previous data
delete[] vectorData;
//Pointing to new data
vectorData = newVectorData;
}
//Storing data
vectorData[numElements++] = n;
}
//at function
//Purpose: Returns the value of the element at position n in the vector
//Parameters: None
//Returns: Returns your current place with the vector
T at(T&) const;
//assignment
//Purpose: Overload the = operator
//Parameters: The two myVector objects we want to assign
//Returns: The assignment
myVector operator=(const myVector&);
void pop_back();
int last();
myVector operator[](const myVector&);
};
//Independant Functions
template <typename T>
int myVector<T>::capacity() const
{
return cap;
}
template <typename T>
myVector<T> myVector<T>::operator=(const myVector& rho)
{
//Test for assingment
if (this == &rho)
{
return *this;
}
//Delete lho
delete[] this->vectorData;
//Creating new array to fit rho data
cap = rho.cap;
this->vectorData = new int[cap];
//Copying data
for (int i = 0; i < numElements; i++)
{
this->vectorData[i] = rho.vectorData[i];
}
//Returning myVector object
return *this;
}
template <typename T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, const myVector<T>& rho)
{
for (int n = 0; n < rho.size(); n++)
{
out << rho.at(n);
}
return out;
}

Answer 1

Exactly what it says on the tin. When you have
T at(T&) const;
in a myVector<char>, that translates to
char at(char&) const;
and an int cannot be bound to a reference to char. I think you meant to say
T at(int) const;
or, better,
T at(std::size_t) const;
because std::size_t is usually (by convention) used for this sort of thing. int is implicitly convertible to std::size_t, so that will also just work.

Answer 2

Your declaration of myVector::at(T&) takes the templated type as an argument. You need to declare it as
T at(unsigned int&) const
That way you can use the parameter as an index.