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String Operations using Operator Overloading (C++)

April 24, 2016
Published By : Pratik Kataria
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/*write a program to perform string operations

= equality

== string copy

+ concatenation

>> reverse

<< display

palindrome function

function to find occurence of substring

use operator overloading*/



#include<iostream>

#include<string.h>

#include<iomanip>

using namespace std;

class strings
{
    char str[100];
    
    public:
    
    void getdata()
    
    {
        cout<<"enter string\t";
    
        cin>>str;
    
    }
    
    void showdata() {cout<<str<<endl;}
    
    int operator ~();
    
    int operator =(strings s2);
    
    void operator ==(strings s2);
    
    friend void operator +(strings s1,strings s2);
    
    friend ostream &operator <<(ostream &output,strings &s1)
    
    {
        output<<s1.str;
    
        return output;
    
    }
    
    void operator >>(strings &s1);
    
    friend void operator *(strings s1);
    
    friend void operator /(strings s1,strings s2);

};

//string length

int strings::operator ~()

{
    int i=0;
    
    while(str[i]!=’\0’)
        i++;
    
    return i;

}

//string compare

int strings::operator =(strings s2)
{

    int i=0;
    
    while(str[i]==s2.str[i] && i<~s2)
        i++;
    
    if(i==~s2)
        return 1;
    
    else
        return 0;

}

//copy

void strings::operator ==(strings s2)
{
    for(int i=0;i<=~s2;i++)
        str[i]=s2.str[i];

}

//concat

void operator +(strings s1,strings s2)

{
    int i,j,k=0;
    
    strings s3;
    
    for(i=0;i<~s1;i++)
    
    {
    
        s3.str[k]=s1.str[i];
        
        k++;

    }

    for(j=0;j<~s2;j++)
    
    {
        s3.str[k]=s2.str[j];
        
        k++;
    
    }
    
    cout<<s3.str<<endl;

}

//reverse

void strings:: operator >>(strings &s1)

{

    int len=~s1;
    
    for(int i=0;i<=len/2;i++)
    
    {
        char t=s1.str[i];
        
        s1.str[i]=s1.str[len-i-1];
        
        s1.str[len-i-1]=t;
    
    }

}

//palindrome

void operator *(strings s1)

{

    strings s3;
    
    s3==s1;
    
    s3>>s3;
    
    if((s3=s1)==1)
    
        cout<<"palindrome\n";
    
    else
    
        cout<<"not palindrome\n";

}

//find substring

void operator /(strings s1,strings s2)

{//s2=substring

    int flag=0;
    
    for(int i=0;i<~s1;i++)
    
    {
    
        if(s2.str[0]==s1.str[i])
        
        {
            flag++;
            
            for(int j=1;j<=~s2;j++)
            
                if(s2.str[j]==s1.str[i+j])
                
                    flag++;
        
        }
    
    }
    
    if(flag==~s2)
    
        cout<<"substring exists\n";
    
    else
    
        cout<<"not found\n";

}

int main()

{
    strings s1,s2;
    
    int choice;
    
    char c;
    
    cout<<setw(20)<<"STRING OPERATIONS"<<endl;
    
    cout<<"1.accept and display string \n2.check for equality\n3. copy string\n 4.concatenate strings \n5.reverse string\n6.check if a string is a palindrome\n7.search for a substring occurence\n";
    
    do
    
    {
    
        cout<<"enter choice\t";
        
        cin>>choice;
        
        if(choice==2)
        
        {
        
            cout<<"enter first string\n";
            
            s1.getdata();
            
            cout<<"enter second string\n";
            
            s2.getdata();
            
            if((s1=s2)==1)
            
                cout<<"strings are same\n";
            
            else cout<<"strings are different\n";
        
        }
        
        if(choice==3)
        
        {
            cout<<"enter string to copy\n";
        
            s2.getdata();
            
            s1==s2;
            
            cout<<"contents copied to another string\n";
            
            cout<<"contents of copy string is :\t";
            
            cout<<s1<<endl;
        
        }
        
        if(choice==4)
        
        {
        
            cout<<"enter destination string:\n";
            
            s1.getdata();
            
            cout<<"enter source string:\n";
            
            s2.getdata();
            
            s1+s2;
        
        }
        
        if(choice==1)
        
        {
            s1.getdata();
        
            cout<<"string is:\t";
            
            cout<<s1<<endl;
            
            cout<<~s1;
            
            cout<<endl;
        
        }
        
        if(choice==5)
        
        {
        
            s1.getdata();
            
            s1>>s1;
            
            cout<<"string after reversing is\t";
            
            cout<<endl;
            
            cout<<s1<<endl;
        
        }
        
        if(choice==6)
        
        {
            s1.getdata();
        
            *s1;
        
        }
        
        if(choice==7)
        
        {
            cout<<"enter main string\n";
        
            s1.getdata();
            
            cout<<"enter substring\n";
            
            s2.getdata();
            
            s1/s2;
        
        }
        
        cout<<"do you want to continue(y/n)?";
        
        cin>>c;
        
    }while(c==’y’);
    
    return 0;

}

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