Overloading The Subscript Operator

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Syntax

postfix-expression [ expression ]

Description

The corresponding operator function is operator[](). This can be user-defined for a class X (and any derived classes). The expression X[y], where X is an object of class X, is interpreted as x.operator[](y).

The operator[]() can only be overloaded as a nonstatic member function.

See Also

• Example Of Overloading Operators
• Overloaded Operators And Inheritance
• Overloading Binary Operators
• Overloading Operator Functions
• Overloading The Assignment operator = (C++)
• Overloading The Function Call Operator ( )
• Overloading The Class Member Access Operators ->