need help with overload operator[]

[effa]

here's the problem.
i was given a test case v[0]=1.
in order to implement operator[],i need to get the access the value it is refering to which is 1.but im not sure how?

//initial test code
//replacing item at 0th to be 1

v[0]=1;

//so is it right if i'm assuming = as overload operator?
//wouldn't it makes the test case to be

v.operator[](index).operator=(value);

but is that right?and how am i suppose to write the signature?

thanks in advance.

[laserlight]

You need to provide more context, e.g., what is v?

[effa]

v is a vector<int> v.
im doing it in class.
i've done most of the part for the function

Vector &Vector ::operator [](const unsigned int index);

but my prob is how can i get the value where the position is assigned to.

like i said before the test case will be v[o]=1 and v is a vector.

[laserlight]

v is a vector<int> v.

Wait, are you talking about std::vector, or your own vector class template? If it is your own vector class template, then what has that got to do with your Vector class?

i've done most of the part for the function

You should be aware that that means that given a non-const Vector object vec, vec[0] returns a reference to a Vector...

but my prob is how can i get the value where the position is assigned to.

... if so, then you presumably would have operator= overloaded for your Vector class such that it can take an int argument, or you have a constructor that can convert an int to a Vector implicitly.

[anon]

I'm quite sure you need to return a reference to that item in the Vector, not the Vector itself.

[effa]

Vector &Vector ::operator =(const Vector &num);

doesnt the argument for the operator = have to be a Vector& not an int.
i tried to use pointer but it didnt work.

i also even tried to create a new function for v[0]=1 and make *edit as a private member function so that the function for operator[] will take the value that it is assign for.

Vector &Vector ::operator =(const int &num){

	*edit= num;

	return *edit;
}

could you please explain where did i do wrong here?

[laserlight]

doesnt the argument for the operator = have to be a Vector& not an int.

If the parameter for operator= is a (const) reference to a Vector, then that operator= is a copy assignment operator. However, that does not restrict you from overloading operator= to take arguments of other types, such as int.

That said, anon stated what I was trying to hint at: that you might want to check if the return type of your operator[] is correct.

[effa]

urgh dont quite understand what anon trying ti say there

return a reference to that item in the Vector, not the Vector itself

mind to explain to me how this works? really confuse now. =_=

and what do you mean with the return type must be correct.what i did for the function operator[ ] is returning a list of int that is being modified after the v[0]=1.

[Spidey]

Suppose your vector contains values of type T, then the [] operator must return a reference to T and not the Vector class itself.

what do you get when you use the [] operator with the stl vector ?

eg:

vector<T> vec(100);
T val = vec[0];

so, your's should act the same way too.