Thread: Overloading << Issue

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    Overloading << Issue

    It is to my understanding to overload the output operator (<<) you must declare the function as standalone - OK.

    And also if you want to access the private data you need to make it a "friend" of the class - OK.

    But when I compile, I get a undeclared identifier error.. Any help would be appreciated.

    Friend declaration in my .h file under public:
    Code:
    friend	ostream& operator<<(ostream&, GList);
    Stand-alone function (end and list are private data members):
    Code:
    ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, GList list)
    {
    	for(int i = 0; i < end; i++)
    	{
    		out << list[i];
    	}
    
    	return out;
    }
    Output errors:
    error C2065: 'end' : undeclared identifier
    error C2676: binary '[' : 'GList' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator

    Thanks in advance..

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    See if this helps:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    class GList
    {
    private:
    	int end;
    	int* pArray;
    
    public:
    	GList(int size, int* anArray) 
    	{
    		end = size;
    		pArray = anArray;
    	}
    
    	friend ostream& operator<<(ostream&, const GList&);
    };
    
    ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const GList& list)
    {
    	for(int i=0; i<list.end; i++)
    	{
    		out<<list.pArray[i]<<endl;
    	}
    
    	return out;
    }
    
    int main()
    {
    	int size = 3;
    	int arr[] = {10, 20, 30};
    	GList myList(size, arr);
    
    	cout<<myList; 
    
    	return 0;
    }
    Note: you should make the GList parameter a reference to avoid having to copy the object for the function, and you should make it a const since the function doesn't need to change the GList object.
    Last edited by 7stud; 10-27-2005 at 02:24 AM.

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