C++ Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic: Preface

Overloading Operators

You can overload operators in addition to overloading functions. As a matter of fact, the system defined left

shift operator << is also overloaded in C++ when used with cout, the C++ variation of the C language printf

function. There is a similar situation with the right shift operator >> in C++ when used with cin, the C++

variation of the C language scanf function. You can take any operator and overload it. But you want to be

cautious and not overdo it, and also you do not create confusion when you overload an operator. The guiding

principle in this regard is the creation of a code−saving and time−saving facility while maintaining simplicity

and clarity. Operator overloading is especially useful for doing normal arithmetic on nonstandard data types.

You could overload the multiplication symbol to work with complex numbers, for example.

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