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 Explain Overloading

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 List the different forms of Overloading

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 Explain Constructor Overloading
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 Explain Operator Overloading
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Overloading describes the way in which a single

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Meaning or behavior of a function or method can be
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Different forms of overloading are Method overloading,

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Constructor overloading, and Operator overloading

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 It is a technique in which a method with the same

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 Changing the signature involves change in:

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 Type of parameters
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 Sequence of parameters
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It is the ability to define several methods with the

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The advantage is that it allows methods with similar

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 The figure shows an object c1 of class Calc accessing

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the add(int, float, int) method by passing appropriate

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It is required, to create multiple constructors with

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 It is a technique used for extending the functionality of

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an existing operator to allow them to be used with

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 It is used to:

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Multiply matrices or non-arithmetic functions
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 Combine contents of two arrays

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used to add strings and objects of a class.

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 This enables the user to define exactly how the

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operator behaves when used with his own class and

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public static <result-type>
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 Overloading is a technique in which a method with the same

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 A method in which only the return type or the names of the

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 Operator overloading is a technique used for extending the

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 The keyword ‘operator’ is used to implement operator

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overloading in C#.

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 Operator overloading enables a user to convert data to and from

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one type to another.

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 Operator overloading enables a user to perform arithmetic and

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logical operations on a type with itself or other types.

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