Operator Overloading

Operator OverloadingOperator Overloading
By
Nilesh Dalvi
Lecturer, Patkar-Varde College.Lecturer, Patkar-Varde College.
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Object oriented ProgrammingObject oriented Programming
with C++with C++

Operator overloading
• It is one of the many exciting features of C+
+.
• Important technique that has enhanced the
power of extensibility of C++.
• C++ tries to make the user-defined data
types behave in much the same way as the
built-in types.
• C++ permits us to add two variables of user-
defined types with the same syntax that is
applied to the basic types.
Nilesh Dalvi, Lecturer@Patkar-Varde College, Goregaon(W).

• Addition (+) operator can work on
operands of type char, int, float & double.
• However, if s1, s2, s3 are objects of the class
string, the we can write the statement,
s3 = s1 + s2;
• This means C++ has the ability to provide
the operators with a special meaning for a
data type.
• Mechanism of giving special meaning to an
operator is known as operator overloading.

• Operator – is a symbol that indicates an
operation.
• Overloading – assigning different meanings
to an operation, depending upon the
context.
• For example: input(>>)/output(<<)
operator
– The built-in definition of the operator << is for
shifting of bits.
– It is also used for displaying the values of
various data types.

• We can overload all C++ operator except
the following:
– Class member access operator (. , .*)
– Scope resolution operator(::)
– Size operator (sizeof)
– Conditional operator(?:)

Defining operator overloading
• The general form of an operator function is:
return-type class-name :: operator op (argList)
{
function body // task defined.
}
– where return-type is the type of value
returned by the specified operation.
– op is the operator being overloaded.
– operator op is the function name, where
operator is a keyword.

• When an operator is overloaded, the
produced symbol called operator function
name.
• operator function should be either member
function or friend function.
• Friend function requires one argument for
unary operator and two for binary
operators.
• Member function requires one arguments
for binary operators and zero arguments for
unary operators.

Process of overloading involves following steps:
1. Creates the class that defines the data type
i.e. to be used in the overloading operation.
2.Declare the operator function operator op()
in the public part of the class. It may be
either a member function or friend function.
3.Define the operator function to implement
the required operations.

Overloading unary operator
• Overloading devoid of explicit argument to
an operator function is called as unary
operator overloading.
• The operator ++, -- and – are unary
operators.
• ++ and -- can be used as prefix or suffix with
the function.
• These operators have only single operand.

Overloading Unary Operators (-)
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class UnaryOp
{
int x,y,z;
public:
UnaryOp()
{
x=0;
y=0;
z=0;
}
UnaryOp(int a,int b,int c)
{
x=a;
y=b;
z=c;
}
void display()
{
cout<<"nnt"<<x<<" "<<y<<" "<<z;
}
// Overloaded minus (-) operator
void operator- ();
};

void UnaryOp :: operator- ()
{
x= -x;
y= -y;
z= -z;
}
int main()
{
UnaryOp un(10,-40,70);
cout<<"nnNumbers are :::n";
un.display();
-un; // call unary minus operator function
cout<<"nnNumbers are after overloaded minus (-) operator :::n";
un.display(); // display un
return 0;
}
Output :
Numbers are :::
10 -40 70
Numbers are after overloaded minus (-) operator :::
-10 40 -70
Overloading Unary Operators (-)

Overloading Unary Operators (++/--)
#include<iostream>
class complex
{
int a,b,c;
public:
complex(){}
void getvalue()
{
cout<<"Enter the Two Numbers:";
cin>>a>>b;
}
void operator++()
{
a=++a;
b=++b;
}
void operator--()
{
a=--a;
b=--b;
}
void display()
{
cout<<a<<" +t"<<b<<"i"<<endl;
}
};

int main()
{
complex obj;
obj.getvalue();
obj++;
cout<<"Increment Complex Numbern";
obj.display();
obj--;
cout<<"Decrement Complex Numbern";
obj.display();
return 0;
}
Output:
Enter the Two Numbers:
2
3
Increment Complex Number
3 + 4i
Decrement Complex Number
2 + 3i
Overloading Unary Operators (++/--)

Overloading Binary Operators (+)
#include <iostream>
class Complex
{
double real;
double imag;
public:
Complex () {}
Complex (double, double);
Complex operator + (Complex);
void print();
};
Complex::Complex (double r, double i)
{
real = r;
imag = i;
}
Complex Complex::operator+ (Complex param)
{
Complex temp;
temp.real = real + param.real;
temp.imag = imag + param.imag;
return (temp);
}

Complex Complex::operator+ (Complex param)
{
Complex temp;
temp.real = real + param.real;
temp.imag = imag + param.imag;
return (temp);
}
Complex C1 (3.1, 1.5);
Complex C2 (1.2, 2.2);
Complex C3;
C3 = C1 + C2;
Two objects c1 and c2 are two passed as an argument. c1 is
treated as first operand and c2 is treated as second
operand of the + operator.

Programming Exercise:
Write a program to find out factorial of given number
using ‘*’ function.

void Complex::print()
{
cout << real << " + i" << imag << endl;
}
int main ()
{
Complex c1 (3.1, 1.5);
Complex c2 (1.2, 2.2);
Complex c3;
c3 = c1 + c2; //use overloaded + operator
//c3 = c1.operator+(c2);
c1.print();
c2.print();
c3.print();
return 0;
}
Output :
3.1 + i 1.5
1.2 + i 2.2
4.3 + i 3.7

Overloading Binary Operators (+) using friend function
#include <iostream>
class Complex
{
double real;
double imag;
public:
Complex () {}
Complex (double, double);
friend Complex operator + (Complex, Complex);
void print();
};
Complex::Complex (double r, double i)
{
real = r;
imag = i;
}
Complex operator+ (Complex p, Complex q)
{
Complex temp;
temp.real = p.real + q.real;
temp.imag = p.imag + q.imag;
return (temp);
}

Complex operator+ (Complex p, Complex q)
{
Complex temp;
temp.real = p.real + q.real;
temp.imag = p.imag + q.imag;
return (temp);
}
Complex C1 (3.1, 1.5);
Complex C2 (1.2, 2.2);
Complex C3;
C3 = C1 + C2;
Two objects c1 and c2 are two passed as an argument. c1 is
treated as first operand and c2 is treated as second
operand of the + operator.

Output :
3.1 + i 1.5
1.2 + i 2.2
4.3 + i 3.7
void Complex::print()
{
cout << real << " + i" << imag << endl;
}
int main ()
{
Complex c1 (3.1, 1.5);
Complex c2 (1.2, 2.2);
Complex c3;
c3 = c1 + c2; //use overloaded + operator
//c3 = operator+(c1, c2);
c1.print();
c2.print();
c3.print();
return 0;
}

Why to use friend function?
• Consider a situation where we need to use
two different types of operands for binary
operator.
• One an object and another a built-in –type
data.
• d2 = d1 + 50;

#include<iostream>
class demo
{
int num;
public:
demo()
{
num = 0;
}
demo(int x)
{
num = x;
}
friend demo operator+(demo, int);
void show(char *s)
{
cout << "num of object "<< s << "=" << num <<endl;
}
};

demo operator+(demo T, int x)
{
demo temp;
temp.num = T.num + x;
return temp;
}
int main()
{
demo d1(100),d2;
d2 = d1 + 50;
d1.show ("d1");
d2.show ("d2");
return 0;
}
Output :
num of object d1=100
num of object d2=150

Overloading Input/output operator
• C++ is able to input and output the built-in data
types using the stream extraction operator >> and
the stream insertion operator <<.
• Overloaded to perform input/output for user
defined data types.
• Left Operand will be of types ostream & and
istream &.
• Function overloading this operator must be a
Non-Member function because left operand is not
an Object of the class.
• It must be a friend function to access private data
members.

#include<iostream>
class time
{
int hr,min,sec;
public:
time()
{
hr=0, min=0; sec=0;
}
time(int h,int m, int s)
{
hr=h, min=m; sec=s;
}
friend ostream& operator << (ostream &out, time &tm);
//overloading '<<' operator
};

ostream& operator << (ostream &out, time &tm) //operator function
{
out << "Time is " << tm.hr << "hour : " << tm.min << "min : "
<< tm.sec << "sec";
return out;
}
int main()
{
time tm(3,15,45);
cout << tm;
return 0;
}
Output:
Time is 3 hour : 15 min : 45 sec

#include<iostream>
class dist
{
int feet;
int inch;
public:
dist()
{
feet = 0;
inch = 0;
}
dist(int a, int b)
{
feet = a;
inch = b;
}
friend ostream& operator <<(ostream &out, dist &d);
friend istream& operator >>(istream &in, dist &d);
};

ostream& operator <<(ostream &out, dist &d)
{
out <<"Feet::" << d.feet << " Inch::" << d.inch <<endl;
return out;
}
istream& operator >>(istream &in, dist &d)
{
in >> d.feet >> d.inch;
return in;
}
int main()
{
dist d1(11, 10), d2(5, 11), d3;
cout <<"Enter the values of object:"<<endl;
cin >> d3;
cout <<"First Distance :"<<d1<<endl;
cout <<"Second Distance :"<<d2<<endl;
cout <<"Third Distance :"<<d3<<endl;
return 0;
}
Output ::
Enter the values of object:
11
12
First Distance :Feet::11 Inch::10
Second Distance :Feet::5 Inch::11
Third Distance :Feet::11 Inch::12

Overloading Assignment(=) operator
#include<iostream>
class dist
{
int feet;
int inch;
public:
dist()
{
feet = 0;
inch = 0;
}
dist(int a, int b)
{
feet = a;
inch = b;
}
void operator = (dist &d)
{
feet = d.feet;
inch = d.inch;
}
void display ()
{
cout << "Feet: " << feet << " Inch: " << inch << endl;
}
};

Overloading Assignment(=) operator
int main()
{
dist d1(11, 10), d2(5, 11);
cout <<"First Distance :"<< endl;
d1.display ();
cout <<"Second Distance :"<< endl;
d2.display ();
//use of asssignment operator
d1 = d2;
d1.display ();
return 0;
}
Output::
First Distance :
Feet: 11 Inch: 10
Second Distance :
Feet: 5 Inch: 11
First Distance :
Feet: 5 Inch: 11

Overloading Arithmetic assignment (+=) operator
#include<iostream>
class dist
{
int feet;
int inch;
public:
dist()
{
feet = 0;
inch = 0;
}
dist(int a, int b)
{
feet = a;
inch = b;
}
void display ()
{
}
void operator += (dist &d)
{
feet += d.feet;
inch += d.inch;
}
};

Overloading Arithmetic assignment (+=) operator
int main()
{
dist d1(11, 10), d2(5, 11);
d1.display ();
d2.display ();
d1 += d2;
d1.display ();
return 0;
}
Output ::
First Distance :
Feet: 11 Inch: 10
Second Distance :
Feet: 5 Inch: 11
First Distance :
Feet: 16 Inch: 21

Overloading Subscript ([]) operator
#include <iostream>
class demo
{
int *p;
public:
demo(int n)
{
p = new int [n];
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
p[i] = i + 1;
}
int operator[](int x)
{
return p[x];
}
};

Overloading Subscript ([]) operator
int main()
{
demo d(5);
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
cout << d[i]<< " ";
return 0;
}
Output ::
1 2 3 4 5 Statement d[i] is interpreted internally as
d.operator[](x). In each iteration of for loop
we call the overloaded operator function []
and pass the value of 'i' which returns the
corresponding array elements.
Statement d[i] is interpreted internally as
d.operator[](x). In each iteration of for loop
we call the overloaded operator function []
and pass the value of 'i' which returns the
corresponding array elements.

Overloading relational operator
• There are various relational operators supported
by c++ language which can be used to compare c+
+ built-in data types.
• For Example:
– Equality (==)
– Less than (<)
– Less than or equal to (<=)
– Greater than (>)
– Greater than or equal to (>=)
– Inequality (!=)
• We can overload any of these operators, which
can be used to compare the objects of a class.

#include<iostream>
class dist
{
int feet;
int inch;
public:
dist(int a, int b)
{
feet = a;
inch = b;
}
void display ()
{
}
bool operator < (dist d)
{
if(feet < d.feet)
{
return true;
}
if(feet == d.feet && inch < d.inch)
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
};

int main()
{
dist d1(11, 10), d2(5, 11);
d1.display ();
d2.display ();
if (d1 < d2)
cout << "d1 is less than d2." << endl;
else
cout << "d1 is greater than (or equal to) d2." << endl;
return 0;
}
Output::
First Distance :
Feet: 11 Inch: 10
Second Distance :
Feet: 5 Inch: 11
d1 is greater than (or equal to) d2.

Overloading pointer-to-member (->) operator
#include<iostream>
class test
{
int num;
public:
test (int j)
{
num = j;
}
void display()
{
cout << "num is " << num << endl;
}
test *operator ->(void)
{
return this;
}
};
The ‘this’ pointer is passed as a hidden argument to
all non-static member function calls and is available
as a local variable within the body of all non-static
functions. ‘this’ pointer is a constant pointer that
holds the memory address of the current object.
The ‘this’ pointer is passed as a hidden argument to
all non-static member function calls and is available
as a local variable within the body of all non-static
functions. ‘this’ pointer is a constant pointer that
holds the memory address of the current object.

Overloading pointer-to-member (->) operator
int main()
{
test T (5);
T.display (); //acessing display() normally
test *ptr = &T;
ptr -> display(); //using class pointer
T -> display(); //using overloaded operator
return 0;
}
Output::
num is 5
num is 5
num is 5

Rules for overloading operator
• Only existing operators can be overloaded. We
cannot create a new operator.
• Overloaded operator should contain one operand
of user-defined data type.
– Overloading operators are only for classes. We cannot
overload the operator for built-in data types.
• Overloaded operators have the same syntax as the
original operator.
• Operator overloading is applicable within the
scope (extent) in which overloading occurs.
• Binary operators overloaded through a member
function take one explicit argument and those
which are overloaded through a friend function
take two explicit arguments.

Rules for overloading operator
• Overloading of an operator cannot change the
basic idea of an operator.
– For example A and B are objects. The following
statement
– A+=B;
– assigns addition of objects A and B to A.
– Overloaded operator must carry the same task like
original operator according to the language.
– Following statement must perform the same operation
like the last statement.
– A=A+B;
• Overloading of an operator must never change its
natural meaning.
– An overloaded operator + can be used for subtraction
of two objects, but this type of code decreases the
utility of the program.

Type Conversion
• C++ allows to convert one data type to another
e.g. int ›››› float
• For example:
int m ;
float x = 3.1419;
m = x;
• convert x to an integer before its values is
assigned to m. Thus, fractional part is truncated.
• C++ already knows how to convert between built-
in data types.
• However, it does not know how to convert any
user-defined classes

Type Conversion
There are three possibilities of data conversion as
given below:
1. Conversion from basic-data type to user-defined
data type.
2. Conversion from class type to basic-data type.
3. Conversion from one class type to another class
type.

Type Conversion
Basic to Class data type conversion:
• Conversion from basic to class type is easily
carried out.
• It is automatically done by compiler with the
help of in-built routines or by typecasting.
• Left-hand operand of = sign is always class type
and right-hand operand is always basic type.

Conversion from Basic to class-type:
#include<iostream>
class time
{
int hrs;
int min;
public:
time()
{
hrs = 0;
min = 0;
}
time(int t)
{
hrs = t / 60;
min = t % 60;
}
void display ()
{
cout << hrs << "::" << min <<endl;
}
};

Conversion from Basic to class-type:
int main()
{
time T;
int duration = 85;
T = duration;
T.display();
return 0;
}
Output ::
1::25

Class to basic-data type conversion :
• In this conversion, the programmer explicitly tell
the compiler how to perform conversion from
class to basic type.
• These instructions are written in a member
function.
• Such function is known as overloading of type
cast operators.
• Left-hand operand is always Basic type and right-
hand operand is always class type.
Type Conversion

Class-type to basic-data type conversion :
• While carrying this conversion, the
statement should satisfy the following
conditions:
1. The conversion function should not have any
argument.
2. Do not mention return type.
3. It should be class member function.
Type Conversion

Conversion from Class to Basic-type:
#include<iostream>
class Distance
{
int length;
public:
Distance (int n)
{
length = n;
}
operator int()
{
return length;
}
};
int main()
{
Distance d(12);
int len = d; // implicit
int hei = (int) d; // Explicit
cout << hei;
return 0;
}
We have converted Distance class
object into integer type. When the
statement int len = d; executes, the
compiler searches for a function
which can convert an object of
Distance class type to int type.
We have converted Distance class
object into integer type. When the
statement int len = d; executes, the
compiler searches for a function
which can convert an object of
Distance class type to int type.

Type Conversion
Conversion from one Class to another Class Type:
• When an object of one class is passed to another
class, it is necessary clear-cut instructions to the
compiler.
• How to make conversion between these two
user defined data types?

Conversion from one class to another class-type:
#include<iostream>
class nInch
{
int inch;
public:
nInch (int n)
{
inch = n;
}
int getInch()
{
return inch;
}
};

class nFeet
{
int feet;
public:
nFeet (int n)
{
feet = n;
}
operator nInch()
{
return nInch(feet * 12);
}
friend void printInch(nInch m);
};
void printInch(nInch m)
{
cout << m.getInch ();
}

int main()
{
int n;
cout << "Enter feet: " << endl;
cin >> n;
nFeet f(n);
cout << "Inch is : ";
printInch (f);
return 0;
}
Output:
Enter feet:
2
Inch is : 24

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