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    Overloading unary operators allows operators to work on single operands of a class. For example, overloading the - operator for a Distance class decrements the feet and inches members by 1. Overloading binary operators allows operators to work on two operands. For example, overloading the + operator for Distance adds the feet and inches members of two Distance objects and returns a new Distance. Both unary and binary operators are overloaded by defining member functions without return types for unary and with the class as the return type for binary.

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    Binary Operator Overloading

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    Overloading unary operators allows operators to work on single operands of a class. For example, overloading the - operator for a Distance class decrements the feet and inches members by 1. Overloading binary operators allows operators to work on two operands. For example, overloading the + operator for Distance adds the feet and inches members of two Distance objects and returns a new Distance. Both unary and binary operators are overloaded by defining member functions without return types for unary and with the class as the return type for binary.

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    Overloading unary operators allows operators to work on single operands of a class. For example, overloading the - operator for a Distance class decrements the feet and inches members by 1. Overloading binary operators allows operators to work on two operands. For example, overloading the + operator for Distance adds the feet and inches members of two Distance objects and returns a new Distance. Both unary and binary operators are overloaded by defining member functions without return types for unary and with the class as the return type for binary.

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    Binary Operator Overloading

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    Overloading unary operators allows operators to work on single operands of a class. For example, overloading the - operator for a Distance class decrements the feet and inches members by 1. Overloading binary operators allows operators to work on two operands. For example, overloading the + operator for Distance adds the feet and inches members of two Distance objects and returns a new Distance. Both unary and binary operators are overloaded by defining member functions without return types for unary and with the class as the return type for binary.

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    Overloading Unary Operator:

    Let us consider to overload (-) unary operator. In unary operator function, no


    arguments should be passed. It works only with one class objects. It is a
    overloading of an operator operating on a single operand.

    Example:
    Assume that class Distance takes two member object i.e. feet and inches, create a
    function by which Distance object should decrement the value of feet and inches by 1
    (having single operand of Distance Type).

    // C++ program to show unary operator overloading


    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <conio.h>

    class Distance
    {
    public:

    // Member Object
    int feet, inch;

    // Constructor to initialize the object's value


    Distance(int f, int i)
    {
    this->feet = f;
    this->inch = i;
    }

    // Overloading(-) operator to perform decrement


    // operation of Distance object
    void operator-()
    {
    feet--;
    inch--;
    cout << "\nFeet & Inches(Decrement): " << feet << "'" << inch;
    }
    };

    // Driver Code
    int main()
    {
    // Declare and Initialize the constructor
    Distance d1(8, 9);

    // Use (-) unary operator by single operand


    -d1;
    return 0;
    }

    Output:

    Feet & Inches(Decrement): 7'8

    In the above program, it shows that no argument is passed and no return_type value
    is returned, because unary operator works on a single operand. (-) operator change
    the functionality to its member function.

    Overloading Binary Operator:


    In binary operator overloading function, there should be one argument to be
    passed. It is overloading of an operator operating on two operands.

    Let’s take the same example of class Distance, but this time, add two distance
    objects.

    // C++ program to show binary operator overloading


    #include <iostream.h>
    #include <conio.h>

    class Distance
    {
    public:
    // Member Object
    int feet, inch;
    // No Parameter Constructor
    Distance()
    {
    this->feet = 0;
    this->inch = 0;
    }

    // Constructor to initialize the object's value


    // Parametrized Constructor
    Distance(int f, int i)
    {
    this->feet = f;
    this->inch = i;
    }

    // Overloading (+) operator to perform addition of


    // two distance object
    Distance operator+(Distance& d2) // Call by reference
    {
    // Create an object to return
    Distance d3;

    // Perform addition of feet and inches


    d3.feet = this->feet + d2.feet;
    d3.inch = this->inch + d2.inch;

    // Return the resulting object


    return d3;
    }
    };

    // Driver Code
    int main()
    {
    // Declaring and Initializing first object
    Distance d1(8, 9);

    // Declaring and Initializing second object


    Distance d2(10, 2);

    // Declaring third object


    Distance d3;

    // Use overloaded operator


    d3 = d1 + d2;

    // Display the result


    cout << "\nTotal Feet & Inches: " << d3.feet << "'" << d3.inch;
    return 0;
    }

    Output:
    Total Feet & Inches: 18'11

    Distance operator+(Distance &d2),


    return type of function is distance and it uses call by references to pass an
    argument.

    d3 = d1 + d2;
    d1 calls the operator function of its class object and takes d2 as a parameter, by
    which operator function return object and the result will reflect in the d3 object.

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