Chapter 03 Constructors and Destructors

Operator Overloading

return-type classname :: operator(op-arglist)

{
//function body
}

We can’t overload these operators:

1. Class member selection (. and .*)

2. Scope resolution operator (::)
3. Size of operator (sizeof)
4. Conditional operator( : ? )

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Process of defining overloaded operators:

1. Create a class that defines the data
type that is to be used in the
overloading operation.
2. Declare the operator function in the
public part of the class. It may be either
a member function or a friend function.
3. Define the operator function to
implement the required operations.

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#include<iostream.h>
class Space
{
int x,y;
public:
void get(int a, int b)
{
x = a;
y = b;
}
void show()
{
cout<<"\n X = "<<x;
cout<<"\n Y = "<<y;
}
void operator–()
{
x = –x;
y = –y;
}
};
int main()
{
Space s;
s.get(10,52);
cout<<"\nBefore overloading:";
s.show();
cout<<"\nAfter overloading:";
–s;
s.show();
return(0);
}

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#include<iostream.h>
class Index
{
int val;
public:
Index(){}
Index(int z)
{
val = z;
}
void show()
{
cout<<"\n val = "<<val;
}
void operator++()
{
val = val + 10;
}
};
int main()
{
Index sit(9);
cout<<"\nBefore overloading:";
sit.show();
cout<<"\nAfter overloading:";
++sit;
sit.show();
return(0);
}

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class Overload
{
int n1,n2,n3;
public:
Overload(){}
Overload(int a,int b,int c)
{
n1 = a; n2 = b; n3 = c;
}
void show()
{
cout<<"\n n1 = "<<n1;
cout<<"\n n2 = "<<n2;
cout<<"\n n3 = "<<n3;
}
v o i d o p e r a t o r *()
{
n1 = n2 = n3 = 0;
}
};
int main()
{
Overload check(6,3,4);
cout<<"\nBefore overloading:";
check.show();
cout<<"\nAfter overloading:";
*check;
check.show();
return(0);
}

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class Complex
{
float x,y,z;
public:
Complex( ) { }
Complex(float a, float b, float c)
{
x=a; y=b; z=c;
}
void display(char *s)
{
cout<<"\n"<<s;
cout<<"\n X:"<<x;
cout<<"\n Y:"<<y;
cout<<"\n Z:"<<z;
}
Complex operator + (Complex);
};
Complex Complex :: operator+(Complex m)
{
Complex temp;
temp.x = x + m.x;
temp.y = y + m.y;
temp.z = z + m.z;
return(temp);
}
int main( )
{
Complex rate1(45.3, 56.8, 12.02);
Complex rate2(6.08, 19.9, 75.75);
Complex rate3 = rate1 + rate2;
rate1.display("\nFirst");
rate2.display("\nSecond");
rate3.display("\nAddition");
return(0);
}

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class Vector
{
int a[10];
public:
Vector(){ }
void inPut()
{
cout<<"Enter 10 values : ";
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
cin>>a[i];
}
void outPut()
{
cout<<"\nResultant array : ";
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
cout<<"\n"<<a[i];
}
friend Vector operator* (Vector x,int y);
};
Vector operator*(Vector x, int y)
{
Vector temp;
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
temp.a[i] = x.a[i] * y;
return(temp);
}
int main( )
{
clrscr( );
Vector v;
v.inPut( );
v = v * 5;
v.outPut( );
return(0);
}

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