myclass
is a C++ class written by me and when I write:
myclass x;
cout << x;
How do I output 10
or 20.2
, like an integer
or a float
value?
myclass
is a C++ class written by me and when I write:
myclass x;
cout << x;
How do I output 10
or 20.2
, like an integer
or a float
value?
Typically by overloading operator<<
for your class:
struct myclass {
int i;
};
std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, myclass const &m) {
return os << m.i;
}
int main() {
myclass x(10);
std::cout << x;
return 0;
}
You need to overload the <<
operator,
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const myclass& obj)
{
os << obj.somevalue;
return os;
}
Then when you do cout << x
(where x
is of type myclass
in your case), it would output whatever you've told it to in the method. In the case of the example above it would be the x.somevalue
member.
If the type of the member can't be added directly to an ostream
, then you would need to overload the <<
operator for that type also, using the same method as above.
it's very easy, just implement :
std::ostream & operator<<(std::ostream & os, const myclass & foo)
{
os << foo.var;
return os;
}
You need to return a reference to os in order to chain the outpout (cout << foo << 42 << endl)
Alternative:
struct myclass {
int i;
inline operator int() const
{
return i;
}
};