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User-defined Data Types

Explore how to overload input and output operators for user-defined data types in C++. Learn to enable chaining of stream operations and grant operator access to private class members. This lesson helps you make custom data types behave like built-in types with proper input/output handling.

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If you overload the input and output operators, your data type behaves like a built-in data type.

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friend std::istream& operator>> (std::istream& in, Fraction& frac);
friend std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& out, const Fraction& frac);

For overloading the input and ...