What is operator overloading in C# and give a good example

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Hi I want to know a good example operator overloading . This concept its really so confuse in C#.

Shivanand Arur · Answer

Operator Overloading can be termed as one of the concepts of "Polymorphism". Usually polymorphism is related with methods. But what if you want operators like "+", "-", "*" or "/" to act a bit differently? Alright now, coming to the point. Basically if you want to perform any add, subtract, etc.... operations on objects then you perform Operator Overloading. Let's take an example - If you want to add 2 integer values then you would do something like this... (Simple Example - Without Operator Overloading) int x = 10; int y = 20; int result = x + y // This will fetch u the result as "30" Now let's take a look at this scenario - (Example with Operator Overloading) class ClsCustomer { int iAmount; public ClsCustomer(int val1) { iAmount = val1; } public static ClsCustomer operator +(ClsCustomer obj1, ClsCustomer obj2) { return new ClsCustomer(obj1.iAmount + obj2.iAmount); } public static void Main(string[] args) { ClsCustomer objCust1 = new ClsCustomer(100); ClsCustomer objCust2 = new ClsCustomer(200); ClsCustomer objCust3 = objCust1 + objCust2; Console.WriteLine(objCust3.iAmount); // Output will be 300. Console.ReadLine(); } } These are some of the recommended articles to understand this concept - http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/prasadh/OperatorOverloading11142005003229AM/OperatorOverloading.aspx http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/prasad_1/OperatorOverloadingSample11172005042233AM/OperatorOverloadingSample.aspx http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/SukeshMarla/overload-operator-using-C-Sharp/ http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahakgupta/operator-overloading-in-C-Sharp/ H ope this helps you. Please mark this answer as accepted if it helped.

Shivanand Arur · Answer

Hello Rahul, can u please mark the answer as accepted if it helped? Thanks

rahul jaiswal · Answer

Thanks Dude

rahul jaiswal · Answer

Thanks Dude

What is operator overloading in C# and give a good example

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