Notice the location of the non-member function of the class in the class declara

Question

Notice the location of the non-member function of the class in the class declaration and the syntax for the implementation of the non-member function body in the following code:

class Class_name

      {

    public:

            constructors

            destructor

            member functions

                  accessors

                  mutators

            public data

    private:

            helper functions

            data

      };

      ---------------------

return_type function_name(formal parameter list)

{

      body

}

            More information on classes can be found in your course textbook and on the web.

Experiments

Step 1: In this experiment you will investigate the implementation for overloading the operator “<<” as a non-member function of a class with chaining. Enter, save, compile and execute the following program in MSVS. Call the new project “NonMemberOpOverloadingExp” and the program “NonMemberOpOverloading.cpp”.    Answer the questions below:

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

using namespace std;

const int SIZE = 10;

class Bank_Acct

{

public:

      Bank_Acct( ); //default constructor

      Bank_Acct(double new_balance, string Cname); //explicit value

                                                   //constructor

      void Print(ostream & out); //accessor function

private:

      double balance;

      string name;

};

Bank_Acct::Bank_Acct()

{

      balance = 0;

      name = "NoName";

}

Bank_Acct::Bank_Acct(double amount, string Cname)

{

      balance = amount;

      name = Cname;

}

void Bank_Acct::Print(ostream & output)

{

      output<<endl<<"Object "<<name;

      output<<endl<<"The new balance is "<<balance<<endl;

}

ostream & operator<<(ostream & output, Bank_Acct & Org)

{

      Org.Print(output);

      return output;

}

int main()

{

      Bank_Acct my_Acct;

      Bank_Acct DrB(2000.87, "Dr. Bullard");

      //the following statement contains chaining

      cout<<DrB<<endl<<my_Acct<<endl;

      return 0;

}

Question 1:Please explain how chaining works? (hint: look at the cout statement in main)

Question 2:What is the arity of the “<<” operator in the program?

Question 3:What is the return type of the operator<< function in the program?

Question 4:What is the purpose of the Print function in the program?

Question 5:Why isn’t there a “Bank_Acct::” prefixed to the header of the operator<< function?

Q6;What are the similarities and differences you observed in overloading the operator<< as a friend function and as a non-member function of a class? [Answer after completing the Friend Operator Overloading lab.]

Please answer Q1-Q6 C++, any unwanted or spam answers will be reported, otherwise, a 5 stars :)

Explanation / Answer

Question 1:Please explain how chaining works? (hint: look at the cout statement in main)

Ans) chaining is an handy technique which is used to call multiple functions in the same line.

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Question 2:What is the arity of the “<<” operator in the program?

Ans) this is used to display the contents of an object (Here it is Bank_Acct).
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Question 3:What is the return type of the operator<< function in the program?

Ans) the return type is output stream(ostream) which contains data

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Question 4:What is the purpose of the Print function in the program?

Ans) this Print function is used to display the contents of an object (Bank_Acct).It displays the name and current balance of the Bank accout
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Question 5:Why isn’t there a “Bank_Acct::” prefixed to the header of the operator<< function?

Ans) while implementing friend functions we no need to use prefix Bank_Acct::

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Q6;What are the similarities and differences you observed in overloading the operator<< as a friend function and as a non-member function of a class? [Answer after completing the Friend Operator Overloading lab.]

Ans)

While implementing the friend functions its no need to be prefixed with the class name.But while implementing the non member functions it has to be prefixed with the class name.

____________Thank YOu

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