The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide
by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 2002
© Copyright David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002
// addition of two SArrays
template<typename T>
SArray<T> operator+ (SArray<T> const& a, SArray<T> const& b)
{
SArray<T> result(a.size());
for (size_t k = 0; k<a.size(); ++k) {
result[k] = a[k]+b[k];
}
return result;
}
// multiplication of two SArrays
template<typename T>
SArray<T> operator* (SArray<T> const& a, SArray<T> const& b)
{
SArray<T> result(a.size());
for (size_t k = 0; k<a.size(); ++k) {
result[k] = a[k]*b[k];
}
return result;
}
// multiplication of scalar and SArray
template<typename T>
SArray<T> operator* (T const& s, SArray<T> const& a)
{
SArray<T> result(a.size());
for (size_t k = 0; k<a.size(); ++k) {
result[k] = s*a[k];
}
return result;
}
// multiplication of SArray and scalar
// addition of scalar and SArray
// addition of SArray and scalar
//...