Chapter 12. Operator Overloading; String and Array Objects
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OBJECTIVES
In this chapter you’ll learn:
What operator overloading is and how it can make programs more readable and programming more convenient.
To redefine (overload) operators to work with objects of user-defined classes.
The differences between overloading unary and binary operators. ...
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