Questions tagged [subscript-operator]
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Accessing arrays by index[array] in C and C++
There is this little trick question that some interviewers like to ask for whatever reason:
int arr[] = {1, 2, 3};
2[arr] = 5; // does this line compile?
assert(arr[2] == 5); // does this assertion fail?
From what I can understand, a[b] gets…
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Swift operator `subscript` []
I am beginner with the Swift having no advance knowledge with operators.
I have the following class
class Container {
var list: [Any] = [];
}
I want to implement the operator subscript [] in order to access the data from list.
I need something…
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Overloading subscript operator "["
I am trying to overload the subscript operator ("[") for a custom class I've created. I am trying to figure out how to deal with the following issues.
How can you figure out if the operator is on lhs or rhs ? i.e. a[x] = foo vs foo = a[x]
When…
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is int[pointer-to-array] in the C++ - standard?
As I have learned, one can write the following code:
char *a = new char[50];
for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) {
i[a] = '5';
}
It compiles. It works. It does exactly the same as
char *a = new char[50];
for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) {
a[i] =…
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Overloading the subscript operator "[ ]" in the l-value and r-value cases
I have overloaded [] operator in my class Interval to return minutes or seconds.
But I am not sure how to assign values to minutes or second using [] operator.
For example : I can use this statement
cout << a[1] << "min and " << a[0] << "sec" <<…
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Do pointers support "array style indexing"?
(Self-answered Q&A - this matter keeps popping up)
I assume that the reader is aware of how pointer arithmetic works.
int arr[3] = {1,2,3};
int* ptr = arr;
...
*(ptr + i) = value;
Teachers/C books keep telling me I shouldn't use *(ptr + i) like in…
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Do std::strings end in '\0' when initialized with a string literal?
I know string objects aren't null terminated but why should this work?
std::string S("Hey");
for(int i = 0; S[i] != '\0'; ++i)
std::cout << S[i];
So the constructor copies the null terminator as well, but does not increment the length? Why does…
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Struct type "does not provide a subscript operator"
I am trying to read values from a file into an array of structs. However, I keep getting compiler errors that tell me that my struct, Books, does not provide a subscript operator and I am lost.
The struct is contained in a header file while…
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Stack overflow when defining subscript on CKRecord in Swift
This question asks whether one can use subscripting with CKRecord in Swift. While I already knew how to do what the questioner wanted, every permutation of it gives me a stack overflow:
subscript(key: String) -> CKRecordValue? {
get {
…
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Why does operator[] only take one argument?
There are plenty of questions related to operator[] only taking one argument, but I can't find one that actually says why.
For example, it seems a very natural extension of the language to have matrix[0, 3] call an ElementT& operator[](SizeT x,…
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How do I access a C++ subscript operator from within the class in which it resides?
Where, ClassA has an operator as such, that returns ClassB:
class ClassA
{
public:
ClassA();
ClassB &operator[](int index);
}
If I want to access said operator from within ClassA's constructor, as so:
ClassA::ClassA()
{
// How do I…
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Can C++'s operator[] take more than one argument?
Is it possible to define an overloaded operator[] that takes more than one argument? That is, can I define operator[] as follows:
//In some class
double operator[](const int a, const int b){
return big_array[a+offset*b];}
and later use it…
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What type does C++ expect for array subscripts?
In C, array subscription: a[b] is merely the syntactic sugar equivalent of dereferencing after pointer arithmetic: *(a+b) (as explained, say, here).
How is array subscription interpreted in C++, for base types? (Not for classes, for which we have…
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Why does std::queue not have operator[]?
The std::queue is implemented with a deque by default. std::deque has the subscript operator, operator[], and is probably implemented with arrays. So why doesn't std::queue have operator[]?
I realize you could have a queue with a list as the…
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Writing a subscript non-member function
I'm guessing this just isn't legal in C++, but I thought I'd ask, given a struct that I don't own:
struct foo {
int x;
int y;
int z;
};
I want to write a non-member subscript operator for it:
int& operator [](foo& lhs, const std::size_t…
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