Starting Out With C++: Early Objects, Student Value Edition (9th Edition)
Starting Out With C++: Early Objects, Student Value Edition (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134379319
Author: Tony Gaddis, Judy Walters, Godfrey Muganda
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 10RQE

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Function template:

In C++, a function template is referred as a “generic” function, which can work with different data types.

  • While writing a function template, a programmer can specify the “type parameter” instead of using the actual data type.
  • The compiler generates the code, when it encounters a function call to a function template. This code will handle the particular data type which is used in the function call.

Modify the “SimpleVector” template by adding the overloaded assignment operator:

The function template to add the two numeric values and then return the sum of the two values as follow as:

/*Function template SimpleVector overloads = (Assignment) Operator...

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