Thread: Operator Overload

Have you tried googling?

Here's a selection that looks good from the first page of
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs...e/cpp-ops.html
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jonmc...html/text.html
http://www.functionx.com/cpp/Lesson25.htm
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...erloading.html

I didn't spend many seconds on each of those pages, so I can't say I "recommend" any of them

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Mats

Or even better, if you have a specific example you need some help with, there are many individuals here who can help you...

But basically, the way to overload an operator follows ( loosely ) this general format:

Code:

return_type operatorXX( arguments ){ return statements }

/*  Where XX is the operator in question */

You have some flexibility in writing your oerators, just be careful to only write operators that make sense and that their return-type and use are intuitive to the end user. In other words overloaded operators shouldn't "confuse" a user.

Or in other words, don't overload a + operator that does subtraction (or the like)
The overloaded operators should make sense!