Hey. I have to write a Fraction class for homework and overload for the Fraction class the operators +, -, *, /, +=, -=, *=, /=, and << (the insertion operator). Can somebody please tell me what exactly the insertion operator is supposed to do? I've googled it and all I could find is when you use if with "cout". What does it have to do with fractions?
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Hey. I have to write a Fraction class for homework and overload for the Fraction class the operators +, -, *, /, +=, -=, *=, /=, and << (the insertion operator). Can somebody please tell me what exactly the insertion operator is supposed to do? I've googled it and all I could find is when you use if with "cout". What does it have to do with fractions?
A stream is a stream. << should function the same whether it is directing to a file or to the console (cout).
What it has to do with fractions (I imagine) is that if you have a whole number, a numerator, and a denominator, I imagine your function is supposed to send the whole number, then a space, then the numerator, then a slash, then the numerator to the stream. As in if your whole number is 3, your numerator is 4, and your denominator is 5:
- insert 3 into stream.
- Insert space into stream
- Insert 4 into stream
- Insert / into stream
- Insert 5 into stream
http://cpp.codenewbie.com/articles/cpp/1533/Operator_Overloading-Page_19.html
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