Thread: info on pointer operators??

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    info on pointer operators??

    Hello, i've come across this problem and got curious, after fiddling with the code for a while, i got operator working for non - pointer class,

    like

    MyClass a,b;
    a += b;


    but what fails are the pointers, (the below)

    MyClass *a, *b;
    a += b;

    this fails with the error, invalid operand of types.


    How do you get the above working? any hint, suggestion, or solution will be appreciated

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    >How do you get the above working? any hint, suggestion, or solution will be appreciated
    Well a and b are pointers, so:
    Code:
    a += b;
    is adding two pointers, not the contents of the class. What you want is:
    Code:
    *a += *b;
    But this is only guaranteed to work when a and b are pointing to allocated memory. It may work by accident, but to be correct you'd need to allocate memory first for both pointers:
    Code:
    a = new MyClass;
    b = new MyClass;
    
    *a += *b;
    And once you're done with a and b, you'd need to deallocate the memory:
    Code:
    delete a;
    delete b;

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