You are given a segment of code in the previous question. The following question

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You are given a segment of code in the previous question. The following questions are based on the same code, where the Cat class is as follows.

class Cat : public Pet     {   
   public:                string cBreed;
int iAge;
Cat(string name, int phone, string email, string breed, int age) . . . // write the constructor
};

Answer the following questions:

(1) Define an overloading operator Cat>, which can compare two Cat objects to determine which cat is older. [3 points]

(2) Can the overloading operator Cat> be applied to two Pet objects? Explain your answer.    [2 point]

Explanation / Answer

Ques 1.

bool operator>(Cat& ob)

{

    // if the age of calling object is more

    if( this->iAge > ob.iAge )

        return true;

    // if the age of calling object is less

    else

        return false;

}

Ques 2.

We can't overload > operator with 2 operators as when we compare two objects, the object on the left is treated as the calling object and is referenced by this. So, we just have 1 argument.

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