#ifndef POLYNOMIAL_H
#define POLYNOMIAL_H

class Polynomial
{
	public:
	Polynomial();
	Polynomial(int ,int []); 
	~Polynomial();
	const Polynomial operator+(Polynomial& p) const;// addition
	const Polynomial operator- (Polynomial& p ) const; // subtraction
	int getExponent();
	//void setExponent();
	void setCoefficient();
	int getCoefficient();
	void printPolynomial();

	private:
	int exponent; // exponent 
	int coefficient[ 10 ]; // coefficients array
}; 
#endif
//end of class definition
//Polynomial.cpp
#include "Polynomial.h"

#include <iostream> 
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::cin;

Polynomial::Polynomial()		//default constructor
{ 
	exponent =  0; 
	coefficient[10] = 0; 
} 

Polynomial::Polynomial(int x,int c[])	//constructor
{ 
    if(x>=0 && x<10){ 
        exponent=x; 
        for(int i=0;i<=exponent;i++)
			coefficient[i]=c[i]; 
        for(int i=exponent+1;i<10;i++)
			coefficient[i]=0; 
    } 
    else { 
        exponent=0; 
        for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
			coefficient[i]=0; 
    } 
} 

Polynomial::~Polynomial()		//destructor
{
	delete coefficient;
}

const Polynomial Polynomial::operator+(Polynomial& p) const	// + operator overload
{ 
    int maxD=(exponent>p.getExponent())?exponent:p.getExponent(); 
	int a[10];

	for(int i=0;i<=maxD;i++)a[i]=coefficient[i]+p.getCoefficient(); 
    Polynomial q(maxD,a); 
    return q; 
} 

const Polynomial Polynomial::operator-(Polynomial& p) const
{ 
   int maxD; 
    int a[10]; 
    maxD=(exponent<p.getExponent())?exponent:p.getExponent(); 
		
	for(int i=0;i>=maxD;i--)a[i]=coefficient[i]-p.getCoefficient(); 
    Polynomial q(maxD,a); 
    return q; 
} 

int Polynomial::getExponent()
{
	return exponent;
} 

int Polynomial::getCoefficient()
{ 
	int n=0;
    if( n >= 0 && n <= exponent)
		return coefficient[n]; 
	
		return 0; 
} 

void Polynomial::setCoefficient()
{ 
    cout<<endl;  
 for (int i=0; i<coefficient[i]; i++)  
    {  
	cout<<"Enter coefficient for x^"<<i<<": ";  
	cin>>coefficient[i];     
	} 
}

void Polynomial::printPolynomial()
{
for ( int i = 10; i >= 0; i-- )
{       
	if ( coefficient[i] != 0 ) 
	{         
		cout << coefficient[i] << "x^" << i << " ";
	}
}
}

//end of member functions definitions

//Output screen
First polynomial is:
-858993460x^9 -858993460x^8 -858993460x^7 -858993460x^6 -858993460x^5 -858993460
x^4 -858993460x^3 -858993460x^2 -858993460x^1 -858993460x^0

Second polynomial is:
-858993460x^9 -858993460x^8 -858993460x^7 -858993460x^6 -858993460x^5 -858993460
x^4 -858993460x^3 -858993460x^2 -858993460x^1 -858993460x^0

Adding the polynomials yields:
Press any key to continue . . .

What am I doing wrong? I also get a message "Debug assertion fail", what does that mean?

line 65 n is wrong and in line 75 for loop is wrong

I don't know if it help you, u should't use delete keyword, becouse you didn't use keyword new.

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