Overloading << operator
Hi I have this code:
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template <class T>
ostream& operator<< (ostream& output, Array<T>& theArray)
{
for (int i = 0; i<theArray.GetSize(); i++)
output << "[" << i << "] " << theArray[i] << endl;
}
[/CODE]
which is defined as:
[CODE]
template <class T> friend ostream& operator<< (ostream&, Array<T>&);
[/CODE]
By compiling the source code VS2005 tells me:
error C4716: 'operator<<<int>' : must return a value.
It seems as it can't recognize ostream& as a returned value. By
reading this article [1] it seems that there's nothing wrong in my
code,so what's the problem? Thanks.
FULL CODE:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
const int DefaultSize = 10;
template <class T> // declare the template and the parameter
class Array // the class being parameterized
{
public:
// constructors
Array(int itsSize = DefaultSize);
Array(const Array &rhs);
~Array() { delete [] pType; }
// operators
Array& operator=(const Array&);
T& operator[](int offSet) { return pType[offSet]; }
const T& operator[](int offSet) const { return pType[offSet]; }
// accessors
int GetSize() const { return itsSize; }
template <class T> friend ostream& operator<< (ostream&, Array<T>&);
private:
T *pType;
int itsSize;
};
template <class T>
ostream& operator<< (ostream& output, Array<T>& theArray)
{
for (int i = 0; i<theArray.GetSize(); i++)
output << "[" << i << "] " << theArray[i] << endl;
}
// implementations follow...
// implement the Constructor
template <class T>
Array<T>::Array(int size = DefaultSize):
itsSize(size)
{
pType = new T[size];
for (int i = 0; i<size; i++)
pType[i] = 0;
}
// copy constructor
template <class T>
Array<T>::Array(const Array &rhs)
{
itsSize = rhs.GetSize();
pType = new T[itsSize];
for (int i = 0; i<itsSize; i++)
pType[i] = rhs[i];
}
// operator=
template <class T>
Array<T>& Array<T>::operator=(const Array &rhs)
{
if (this == &rhs)
return *this;
delete [] pType;
itsSize = rhs.GetSize();
pType = new T[itsSize];
for (int i = 0; i<itsSize; i++)
pType[i] = rhs[i];
return *this;
}
void main()
{
bool Stop = false; // flag for looping
int offset, value;
Array<int> theArray;
while (!Stop)
{
cout << "Enter an offset (0-9) and a value. (-1 to stop): " ;
cin >> offset >> value;
if (offset < 0)
break;
if (offset > 9)
{
cout << "***Please use values between 0 and 9.***\n";
continue;
}
theArray[offset] = value;
}
cout << "\nHere's the entire array:\n";
cout << theArray << endl;
}