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Operator Overloading
Operator overloading lets you redefine how standard operators like + or - behave when used with your custom classes.
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class Vector2D {public:float x, y;Vector2D operator+(const Vector2D& other) const {return {x + other.x, y + other.y};}};Vector2D v3 = v1 + v2;
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Vector2D operator+(...) const
Defines the behavior of the addition operator for the Vector2D class.
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return {x + other.x, y + other.y};
Creates and returns a new Vector2D object with the summed coordinates.