Thread: help debug overloading <<

  1. #1
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    help debug overloading <<

    This is the first error of several. If you could explain to me what I am doing wrong here I can continue to debug the rest on my own
    Here is the main code.
    Code:
    using namespace std;
    #include "complexh.hpp"
    
    
    int main()
    {
        Complex a(3.0,4.0);  // instantiate a 
        Complex c;
        cout << "Enter a complex number (q to quit):\n";
        while (cin>>c) //                                                    error here
    
        { 
            cout << "c is " << c << endl;
            cout << "complex conjugate is " << ~c << '\n';
            cout << "a+c is "<< a+c << endl;
            cout << "a-c is "<< a-c << endl;
            cout << "a*c is "<< a*c << endl;
            cout << "2*c is "<< 2*c << endl;
            cout << "Enter a complex number (q to quit):\n"
        }
                
      cout << "Done!\n";
      system("PAUSE");	
      return 0;
    }
    Here is the prototype and function definiton
    Code:
    friend ostream & operator>>(ostream & os,const Complex & n);
    
    ostream & operator>>(ostream & os,const Complex & n);
    {
        cout << "real:";
        os >> n.rel;
        cout << endl;
        cout << "imaginary:";
        os >> n.imaginary;
        cout << endl;
        return os;
    }

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    doh istream not ostream

    Here is an example where the book doesn't tell you everything.

    I replaced the ostream object with istream and walla it works

    By paying close attention to the compiler errors I figured it out.

    Now I have one more problem given the imaginary number (3,4i)
    subtracting (10,12 i) the output should be (-7,-8i) right?

    The books output says (13,16i) who is correct me or the book?

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