implementing operators

i need guidance here please. i need to implement the +, = , == operators on my savingsaccount class. i really dont know where to start and any guidance will really be appreciated. here are my codes:

//SavingsAccount.h
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Code:

#ifndef SAVINGSACCOUNT_H
#define SAVINGSACCOUNT_H

class SavingsAccount
{
     public:
        SavingsAccount(double x)
  {
        savingsBalance = x >= 0 ? x:0;
  }
     void calculateMonthlyInterest();
     static void modifyInterestRate(double);
     void printoutBalance() const;

     private:
        double savingsBalance;
        static double annualInterestRate;

};

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//SavingsAccount.cpp
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Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include "SavingsAccount.h"

double SavingsAccount::annualInterestRate = 0;

void SavingsAccount::calculateMonthlyInterest()
{ 
     savingsBalance += savingsBa lance * (annualInterestRate / 2.0);
}
 
void SavingsAccount::modifyInterestRate(double y)
{
     annualInterestRate = (y >= 0  && y <= 1.0) ? y:0.03;
}

void SavingsAccount::printoutBalance() const
{
     std::cout << '$' << savingsBalance << std::endl;
}

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//main.cpp
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Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include "SavingsAccount.h"

int main()
{
     SavingsAccount saver1(2000.0), saver2(3000.0);

     SavingsAccount::modifyInterestRate(.03);

     std::cout << "Monthly balances with 3% annual interest"
                    << \ntBalances:\n\t\t\tSaver 1=>";
     saver1.printoutBalance();

     std::cout << "Saver 2=>";
     saver2.printoutBalance();

     for (int m = 1; m <= 12; ++m)
   {
        saver1.calculateMonthlyInterest();
        saver2.calculateMonthlyInterest();

        std::cout <<"\nMonth " << m << ":Saver 1=>";
        saver1.printoutBalance();
        std::cout << "Saver 2=>";
        saver2.printoutBalance();
    }

     SavingsAccount::modifyInterestRate(.04);
     saver1.calculateMonthlyInterest();
     saver2.calculateMonthlyInterest();
     std::cout << "\nBalances with 4% interest rate:"
                    << "\nBalances:\nSaver 1=>";
     saver1.printoutBalance();
     std::cout << "Saver 2=>";
     saver2.printoutBalance();
     std::cout << std::endl;

     return 0;
}

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thankyou very much in advance!!

first I think you should at a public accesser function to return savingsBalance. then you can do something like:

Code:

void SavingsAccount::operator+ (SavingsAccount blah){
     return (savingsBalance+blah.getSavingsBalance() );
}

thats if you make it a member function, I'm sure some people will insist on overloaded operators to be non member or something. but you get the idea...

Originally Posted by qwertiop

first I think you should at a public accesser function to return savingsBalance. then you can do something like:

Code:

void SavingsAccount::operator+ (SavingsAccount blah){
     return (savingsBalance+blah.getSavingsBalance() );
}

thats if you make it a member function, I'm sure some people will insist on overloaded operators to be non member or something. but you get the idea...

this is Bad...
look at the string class to see how its done ...
it should be like this :

Code:

//file: SavingsAccount.h
class SavingAccount
{ 
  //...
  SavingAccount operator + (SavingAccount& rAcc);
  bool operator ==  (const SavingAccount& rAcc);
  SavingAccount& operator = (const SavingAccount& rAcc);
  //...
};
///:~

//file:  SavingsAccount.cpp
//...
SavingAccount SavingAccount::operator + (SavingAccount& rAcc)
{
  SavingAccount acc;
  //..do some stuff with (*this)
  //and return the result in acc so that the people could write:
  //
  // a1 = a2 + a3 + a4;
  //

  acc.savingsBalance = this->savingsBalance + rAcc.savingsBalance;
  return acc;
}
bool SavingAccount::operator ==  (const SavingAccount& rAcc)
{
  bool bret = false;
  //do some stuff here 
  bret = this->savingsBalance == rAcc.savingsBalance;
  return bret;
}
SavingAccount& SavingAccount::operator = (const SavingAccount& rAcc)
{
  //do some stuff for assignment
  this->savingsBalance = rAcc.savingsBalance;
  return *this;
}
//...