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Operator Overloading: Arnold Ramirez Ace Anthony Dela Serna Chester Jeff Ancheta

Operator overloading allows programmers to redefine the meaning of operators like + and ++ when used on user-defined types like objects and structures. It is a form of compile-time polymorphism. To overload an operator, a special operator function is defined inside the class. For example, a Test class overloads the ++ operator to increment the count data member by 3. Only certain operators can be overloaded in C++, and it does not change the precedence or associativity of operators.

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Operator Overloading: Arnold Ramirez Ace Anthony Dela Serna Chester Jeff Ancheta

Operator overloading allows programmers to redefine the meaning of operators like + and ++ when used on user-defined types like objects and structures. It is a form of compile-time polymorphism. To overload an operator, a special operator function is defined inside the class. For example, a Test class overloads the ++ operator to increment the count data member by 3. Only certain operators can be overloaded in C++, and it does not change the precedence or associativity of operators.

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OPERATOR

OVERLOADING
Arnold Ramirez
Ace Anthony Dela Serna
Chester Jeff Ancheta
Introduction
 The meaning of an operator is always same for variable
of basic types like: int, float, double etc.

For example: To add two integers, + operator is used.

 However, for user-defined types (like: objects), you can


redefine the way operator works.

For example: If there are two objects of a class that contains string
as its data members. You can redefine the meaning of + operator and
use it to concatenate those strings.
Introduction

This feature in C++ programming


that allows programmer to redefine the
meaning
of an operator (when they operate on class
objects) is known as
operator overloading.
C++ Operator Overloading

 Operator overloading is a compile-time


polymorphism in which the operator is overloaded to
provide the special meaning to the user-defined
data type.

 Operator overloading is used to overload or redefines


most of the operators available in C++.

 It is used to perform the operation on the user-defined


data type.
Use of Operator Overloading
 You can write any C++ program without the
knowledge of operator overloading. However,
operator operating are profoundly used by
programmers to make program intuitive.

For example,
 You can replace the code like,
calculation = add(multiply(a, b),divide(a, b));
 to
calculation = (a*b)+(a/b);
How to Overload Operators
To overload an operator, a special operator function is
defined inside the class as:
 
class className
{
... .. ...
public
returnType operator symbol (arguments)
{
... .. ...
}
... .. ...
};
Example
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class Test
{
private:
int count;
public:
Test(): count(5){}

void operator ++()


{
count = count+3;
}
void Display() { cout<<"Count: "<<count; }
};
Example
int main()
{
Test t;
// this calls "function void operator ++()"
function
++t;
t.Display();
return 0;
}

Output:

Count: 8
Example
 The function is called when ++ operator operates
on the object of Test class (object t in this case).

 In the program,void operator ++ () operator


function is defined (inside Test class).

 This function increments the value of count by 3


for t object.
Things to Remember!
 Operator overloading allows you to redefine the
way operator works for user-defined types only
(objects, structures). It cannot be used for built-
in types (int, float, char etc.).

 Two operators = and & are already overloaded


by default in C++. For example: To copy objects
of same class, you can directly use = operator.
You do not need to create an operator function.
Things to Remember!
 Operator overloading cannot change the
precedence and associatively of operators.
However, if you want to change the order of
evaluation, parenthesis should be used.

 There are 4 operators that cannot be


overloaded in C++. They are :: (scope
resolution), . (member selection), .* (member
selection through pointer to function) and ?:
(ternary operator).
Things to Remember!
 Operator overloading cannot change the
precedence and associatively of operators.
However, if you want to change the order of
evaluation, parenthesis should be used.

 There are 4 operators that cannot be


overloaded in C++. They are :: (scope
resolution), . (member selection), .* (member
selection through pointer to function) and ?:
(ternary operator).
References:
 Programiz (n.d.), C++ Operator Overloading,
Retrieved at www.programiz.com/cpp-
programming/operator-overloading on August 16,
2019.

 Javatpoint (n.d.), C++ Overloading (Function and


Operator), Retrieved at
https://javatpoint.com/cpp-overloading on August
16, 2019.

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