HAVING TROUBLE OVERLOADING THE EXTRACTION OPERATOR

ayanda83 (97)
Hi there, i want to overload the extraction operator >> to read a pair of numbers in the following form (4,6). i have struggled for 10hours. I COULD REALLY USE SOME HELP. below is my attempt.
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istream& operator >>(istream& ins, const Pairs& _member)
{
      
    string pair;
    int next = 0, i = 0, num2;
            
    getline(ins, pair, '\n');
    
    for(int i = 1; i < pair.size(); i++)
    {
        if((isdigit(pair[i]))&&(pair[i-1] == '-')){   
          ins >> pair[i];
          num1 = -atoi(pair[i]);
         
          }
        else if(isdigit(pair[i]))
          ins >> pair[i];
    }
      
    /*char myPair[12];
    char myDigits[12];
    
    while(myPair[next] != '\0')&&()
    {
       if(myPair[next] == '-')
       {
           while(isdigit(myPair[next]))
             {myDigits[i] = myPair[next];i++;}
           f = -atoi(myDigits[]); 
           ins >> _member.f;
       }
       else
       {
           while(isdigit(myPair[next]))
             {myDigits[i] = myPair[next];i++;}
           f = atoi(myDigits[]);
           ins >> _member.f;
       }
       
       if(myPair[next] == ',')
       {
           if(myPair[next] == '-')
           {   
           while(isdigit(myPair[next]))
             {myDigits[i] = myPair[next]; i++;}
           s = -atoi(myDigits[]); 
           ins >> _member.s;
           }
       else
           {
           while(isdigit(myPair[next]))
             {myDigits[i] = myPair[next]; i++;}
           s = atoi(myDigits[]);
           ins >> _member.s;
           }            
       }next++;
    } */
     return ins;
}
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closed account (o1vk4iN6)
Why not just create a function instead? There are compatibility issues with some operator ">>" and getline(), hate to see them mixed into one.
ayanda83 (97)
create a function? i lost u there.
therockon7throw (284)
Hi

Couldyou post the structure of your Pair class ? what you are attending to do, may have another easy solution, algorithm.
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