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Object-Oriented Programming Binary Operators

The document discusses overloading binary operators like +, -, * for a Complex class to allow arithmetic operations between Complex objects and between Complex objects and real numbers. It demonstrates overloading binary operators to return Complex by value or reference and using friends to allow non-member operator overloading. The key steps shown are modifying the Complex class to overload various binary operators and arithmetic assignment operators like += to support complex arithmetic.

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Object-Oriented Programming Binary Operators

The document discusses overloading binary operators like +, -, * for a Complex class to allow arithmetic operations between Complex objects and between Complex objects and real numbers. It demonstrates overloading binary operators to return Complex by value or reference and using friends to allow non-member operator overloading. The key steps shown are modifying the Complex class to overload various binary operators and arithmetic assignment operators like += to support complex arithmetic.

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Object-Oriented Programming

(OOP)
Binary operators

 The return type is Complex so as to


facilitate complex statements like:
◦ Complex t = c1 + c2 + c3;
 Theabove statement is automatically
converted by the compiler into
appropriate function calls:
◦ (c1.operator +(c2)).operator
+(c3);
Binary operators

 The binary operator is always called with


reference to the left hand argument
 Example:

oIn c1+c2, c1.operator+(c2)


oIn c2+c1, c2.operator+(c1)
Binary operators

The above examples don’t handle the


following situation:
◦ Complex c1;
◦ c1 + 2.325

Todo this, we have to modify the


Complex class
Binary operators

►Modifying the complex class:


class Complex{
...
Complex operator+(const
Complex & rhs);
Complex operator+(const
double& rhs);
};
Binary operators

Complex operator + (const double&


rhs)
{
Complex t;
t.real = real + rhs;
t.img = img;
return t;
}
Binary operators

►Now suppose:
◦ Complex c2, c3;

►We can do the following:


◦ Complex c1 = c2 + c3;
and
◦ Complex c4 = c2 + 235.01;
Binary operators

►But problem arises if we do the following:


◦ Complex c5 = 450.120 + c1;

►The + operator is called with reference to


450.120

►No predefined overloaded + operator is there


that takes Complex as an argument
Binary operators

►Now if we write the following two functions to


the class, we can add a Complex to a real or
vice versa:
Class Complex{
…
friend Complex operator + (const
Complex & lhs, const double & rhs);
friend Complex operator + (const
double & lhs, const Complex & rhs);
}
Binary operators

Complex operator +(const


Complex & lhs, const
double& rhs)
{

Complex t;
t.real = lhs.real + rhs;
t.img = lhs.img;
return t;
}
Binary operators

Complex operator + (const


double & lhs, const
Complex & rhs)
{

Complex t;
t.real = lhs + rhs.real;
t.img = rhs.img;
return t;
}
Binary operators
Class Complex{
…
Complex operator + (const
Complex &);
friend Complex operator + (const
Complex &, const double &);
friend Complex operator + (const
double &, const Complex &);
};
Binary operators

 Other binary operators are overloaded very


similar to the + operator as demonstrated in
the above examples
 Example:
◦ Complex operator * (const Complex &
c1, const Complex & c2);
◦ Complex operator / (const Complex &
c1, const Complex & c2);
◦ Complex operator - (const Complex &
c1, const Complex & c2);
Other Binary operators
Overloading += operator:
class Complex{
double real, img;
public:
Complex & operator+=(const Complex &
rhs);
Complex & operator+=(count double &
rhs);
...
};
Other Binary operators
Complex & Complex::operator +=
(const Complex & rhs)
{
real = real + rhs.real;
img = img + rhs.img;
return * this;
}
Other Binary operators
Complex & Complex::operator +=
(const double & rhs)
{
real = real + rhs;
return * this;
}
Other Binary operators
int main(){
Complex c1, c2, c3;
c1 += c2;
c3 += 0.087;
return 0;
}

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