Re: STL set with object pointer list
On 16 Srp, 12:03, Ami <ver_amit...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to create a sorted list of class objects using set<
myclass* >. My class has one member variable which i used as
comparison criteria. I have over loaded the "<" operator also so that
objects should be inserted in sorted order but problem which i face is
that this overloaded function is not called at all. Please can anybody
help me to make it working.
code snippet is as follows:
//class
class myclass
{
public:
myclass(int data);
bool operator <(const myclass& otherclass) const;
int getdata(){return m_data;}
private:
int m_data;
}
//constructor
myclass::myclass(int data)
{
m_data=data;
}
//operator overloaded for comparision
bool myclass::operator <(const myclass& otherclass) const
{
retrun (getdata() < otherclass.getdata());
}
//class set
set<myclass* > myclassset;
void main()
{
myclass *obj1 = new myclass(1);
myclass *obj2 = new myclass(2);
myclassset.insert(obj1);
myclassset.insert(obj2);
.......................
.....................
}
Thanks and Regards
You have to supply compare class as second parameter of set template.
because currently only pointers are compared (not instances, for which
you have operator<).
struct Compare
{
bool operator()(myclass* obj1, myclass* obj2) const
{
// Here write your own comparison
return *obj1 < *obj2;
}
};
std::set<myclass*, Compare> MySet;
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