Re: [Dev-C++] My Two Problems

[Ray K. <kul...@wr...>]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:01:15 -0800, Farzan Hajian wrote:
> Hi,
> I have two different questions:
> -------------------------------------------
> The First:
> What is a static function? For example what is the difference
> between the following function and its non-static version??
> //Static Version:
> Static int MyFunc(int n)
> {
> return n*2;
> }
> //Non-Static Version:
> int MyFunc(int n)
> {
> return n*2;
> }

"static" for a function means the same thing as "const" for a
variable. If you declare a function static, the compiler won't
let you give separate definitions for the function in
different source files.

By the way, C++ is case sensitive, so you need to type
"static" instead of "Static". Otherwise, you might get some
points taken off for this question.

> The Second:
> How can I overload the "<<" operator?
> Thanks,

You didn't mention what datatype you wanted to overload it
for, so I used a char*. It should be easy enough to convert
this method to use another datatype.

/*****************************************************/
char *overload(std::ostream &out, char *p) {
	return (char*)((unsigned)p << (unsigned)&out);
}

cout << overload(cout, "cheater");
/*****************************************************/

 From now on, though, you should probably do at least some of
your homework yourself.  I won't always have enough time to
help you.