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Function Overloading in Computer Science

Function overloading allows defining multiple functions with the same name but different parameters. It provides better consistency, readability, and performance. Functions can be overloaded by changing the number or type of arguments. The last argument is the only one that can have a default value. Placeholder arguments can be used with default arguments. An example demonstrates overloading the print() function to print different data types.

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Function Overloading in Computer Science

Function overloading allows defining multiple functions with the same name but different parameters. It provides better consistency, readability, and performance. Functions can be overloaded by changing the number or type of arguments. The last argument is the only one that can have a default value. Placeholder arguments can be used with default arguments. An example demonstrates overloading the print() function to print different data types.

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FUNCTION

OVERLOADING
A PART OF POLYMORPHISM
CONTEXT
 What is function overloading.
 Why we use function overloading.

 Way of implementation

 Merit & demerits..


FUNCTION OVERLOADING
 Define multiple functions with the
same name differing in the number
of arguments passed.
 If any class have multiple functions
with same names but different
parameters then they are said to be
overloaded. Function overloading
allows you to use the same name for
different functions, to perform,
either same or different functions in
the same class.
WHY WE USE FUNCTION
OVERLOADING
 We use function overloading/method overloading for
the purpose of:
1. Compile time binding
2. Better Consistency
3. Better Readability
WAY OF IMPLEMENTATION
 The implementation of method overloading can be
explained as follows:
Area of geometrical shape

Area(breadth ,
Area(radius) Area(side)
width)

Breadth * width
(side)^2
2* radius
MERITS & DEMERITS
 Merits:
Consistency
Readability
Better performance
 Demerits

Sometime ambiguous
Ways to overload a function
 By changing number of Arguments.

 By having different types of argument.


 Rules for using Default Arguments
 Only the last argument must be given default value. You
cannot have a default argument followed by non-default
argument.sum (int x,int y); sum (int x,int y=0); sum (int
x=0,int y); // This is Incorrect
 If you default an argument, then you will have to default
all the subsequent arguments after that.sum (int x,int
y=0); sum (int x,int y=0,int z); // This is incorrect sum
(int x,int y=10,int z=10); // Correct
 You can give any value a default value to argument,
compatible with its datatype.
 Placeholder Arguments
 When arguments in a function are declared without any
identifier they are called placeholder arguments.
 void sum (int,int); Such arguments can also be used with
default arguments.
 void sum (int, int=0);
 Following is the example where same function print() is
being used to print different data types:
 #include <iostream>

 using namespace std;

 class printData

{
public:
void print(int i)
{ cout << "Printing int: " << i << endl;
}
void print(double f)
{
cout << "Printing float: " << f << endl;
}
 void print(char* c)
 { cout << "Printing character: " << c << endl;

 }

 };

 int main(void)

{
 printData pd;
 // Call print to print integer pd.print(5);
 // Call print to print float pd.print(500.263);

 // Call print to print pd.print(‘a’);

}
 character pd.print("Hello C++"); return 0; }When the
above code is compiled and executed, it produces the
following result:
 Printing int: 5 Printing float: 500.263 Printing character:
Hello C++.

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