Welcome to the C++ Operator Overloading repository. This educational resource is dedicated to providing clear and concise examples of operator overloading in C++. The repository is structured to help both beginners and advanced programmers grasp the concepts of overloading different types of operators in C++.
Operator overloading is a powerful feature in C++ that allows programmers to define custom behavior for operators when they're used with user-defined types (classes and structs). This can significantly enhance the readability and intuitiveness of your code, making it closer to the syntax of built-in types.
This repository is organized into several sections, each focusing on different aspects of operator overloading:
- Copy Assignment Operator: Explains how to properly overload the copy assignment operator to ensure objects are copied correctly.
- Move Assignment Operator: Demonstrates the use of the move assignment operator for efficient object transfers, especially when working with resources.
- Unary Operators: Covers the overloading of unary operators, such as
++(increment),--(decrement), and!(logical NOT). - Binary Operators: Discusses how to overload binary operators, such as
+,-,*, and/, ensuring that objects can interact with each other in intuitive ways.
- Member Functions: Details how to implement operators as member functions of a class, encapsulating the behavior within the class itself.
- Global Functions: Explores the usage of global functions to overload operators, which is especially useful for symmetric operations or when dealing with different types.
- Stream Insertion Operator: Provides examples of overloading the
<<operator for outputting object state to streams, such asstd::cout. - Stream Extraction Operator: Shows how to overload the
>>operator to allow for easy and intuitive input of user-defined types from streams likestd::cin.