programming-examples/c++/Basic/Binary Operator Overloading.cpp

#include < iostream.h >
using namespace std;

class Cube
{
public:

    void setLength( double l )
    {
        length = l;
    }

    void setBreadth( double b )
    {
        breadth = b;
    }

    void setHeight( double h )
    {
        height = h;
    }
    double getVolume(void)
    {
        return length * breadth * height;
    }

// Overload + operator to add two Cube objects.
    Cube operator+(const Cube& b)
    {
        Cube C;
        C.length = this->length + b.length;
        C.breadth = this->breadth + b.breadth;
        C.height = this->height + b.height;
        return C;
    }
private:
    double length; // Length of a Cube
    double breadth; // Breadth of a Cube
    double height; // Height of a Cube
};
// Main function for the program
int main( )
{
    Cube C1; // Declare C1 of type Cube
    Cube C2; // Declare C2 of type Cube
    Cube C3; // Declare C3 of type Cube
    double volume = 0.0; // Store the volume of a Cube here
// Cube 1 specification
    C1.setLength(4.0);
    C1.setBreadth(6.0);
    C1.setHeight(5.0);
// Cube 2 specification
    C2.setLength(8.0);
    C2.setBreadth(4.0);
    C2.setHeight(10.0);
// volume of Cube 1
    volume = C1.getVolume();
    cout << "Volume of Cube 1 : " << volume <<endl;
// volume of Cube 2
    volume = C2.getVolume();
    cout << "Volume of Cube 2 : " << volume <<endl;
// Add two object as follows:
    C3 = C1 + C2;
// volume of Cube 3
    volume = C3.getVolume();
    cout << "Volume of Cube 3 : " << volume <<endl;
    return 0;
}

Output
Volume of Cube 1 : 120
Volume of Cube 2 : 320
Volume of Cube 3 : 1800