understanding overloaded << and >>

[danaigo]

I need to create an overloaded << & >> for a class. I was wondering if someone knew a good resource for how to write one.

Also I would like to know specifically what would go on the left side of this operator should I overload it when I call it in main();.

Dan Schwartz

[Ultima]

Basically << means to output a value while >> means to assign a value

Try reading this: http://www.fredosaurus.com/notes-cpp/oop-friends/overload-io.html

An extract from the website:

ostream& operator<<(ostream& output, const Point& p) {
    output << "(" <<  p.x << ", " << p.y <<")";
    return output;  // for multiple << operators.
}

[danaigo]

sounds like a good starting place, I think I am going to look up more specific examples of how it is used in other classes though. Unless anyone else has more resources they know of I'll mark this as solved.