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Explain Overloading
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List the different forms of Overloading
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Explain Method Overloading
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Explain Constructor Overloading
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Explain Operator Overloading
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Overloading describes the way in which a single
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function can be implemented in several ways
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Meaning or behavior of a function or method can be
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Different forms of overloading are Method overloading,
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Constructor overloading, and Operator overloading
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It is a technique in which a method with the same
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its signature.
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Changing the signature involves change in:
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Number of parameters
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Type of parameters
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Sequence of parameters
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It is the ability to define several methods with the
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same name but with different parameters.
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The advantage is that it allows methods with similar
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functionality to be used by a common name.
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the add(int, float, int) method by passing appropriate
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It is required, to create multiple constructors with
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different arguments
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To initialize selected members only, it is required
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to have a constructor with parameters
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It is a technique used for extending the functionality of
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an existing operator to allow them to be used with
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user-defined types.
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It is used to:
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Add the values of two vectors or two complex numbers
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Multiply matrices or non-arithmetic functions
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Combine contents of two arrays
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The figure depicts that operator overloading can be
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used to add strings and objects of a class.
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This enables the user to define exactly how the
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operator behaves when used with his own class and
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other data types.
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public static <result-type>
operator <operator> (op-type1
operand1, op-type2 operand2)
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{
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}
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Overloading is a technique in which a method with the same
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number, type, or sequence of parameters.
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A method in which only the return type or the names of the
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parameters have been changed cannot be considered
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A constructor is a special method that has the same name as the
class name and is used to initialize the data members of the
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class.
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Operator overloading is a technique used for extending the
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functionality of an existing operator so as to allow them to be
used with user-defined types such as a class.
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The keyword ‘operator’ is used to implement operator
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overloading in C#.
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Operator overloading enables a user to convert data to and from
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one type to another.
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Operator overloading enables a user to perform arithmetic and
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logical operations on a type with itself or other types.
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