Non-lvalue in assigmnet Error?

I have an object that creates a multi dimensional array.

Object a(10) // this creates an array: temp [10][2]

In the main function I need to access the object this way:

a[6] = 6 * 10 // I want it to set temp[6][2] to 60

I keep getting a "non-lvalue in assignment" error. I had to overload the [] operator and I'm returning a pointer to that position in the array.

I've searched google for "non-lvalue in assignment" but I wasn't able to work out my problem from that. If you can help that would be great.

Also I would like to add that I have to use the syntax:

a[6] = 6 * 10;

So the problem is in my Class.

Why don't you post some of your code to make your question clearer. Its hard to understand what you want.

And , as I know , lvalue == left value. Which is the left part of an assignment operation. So if we say x=y , x is an lvalue.
Here is an lvalue error:

Code:

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const int x=3, y=5;

x = y;

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this is wrong because we can't assign to const. So a const variable can't be an lvalue...

Quote:

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a[6] = 6 * 10 // I want it to set temp[6][2] to 60

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The element `temp[6][2]' won't exist if temp was declared as `temp[10][2]'.

Looks to me like you need to overload the `[]' operator. You can do that like this:

Code:

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class Object{
  int *arr;
  int size;

public:
  Object():size(0),arr(0){}
  Object(const int n):size(n){
    arr = new int[n];
  }

  ~Object(){
    if(arr){
      delete [] arr;
      arr = 0;
    }
  }

  int& operator[](const int n){
    if(n < size)
      return arr[n];
  }
};

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So now you can see how to overload the operator, try adapting my code to suit your needs.

Note: I havn't tested this code. It was written straight into the forums text box.

>> I had to overload the [] operator and I'm returning a pointer to that position in the array.
You should be returning a reference like tomcant's example does, not a pointer.

I'll try returning a reference. I'm really confused about the whole reference vs pointer thing though. I'll try and figure it out. Thanks for the help.