STATIC DATA MEMBER:

A data member in a class can be declared as static. A static data member has certain special
characteristics. These are:

 Only one copy of that member is created for the entire class and is shared by all the objects
of that class, so it is also called class data member.

  It must be declared as private data member.

  It can be accessed not only by the object name but also with the class name.
  It is initialized to zero when the first object of its class is created.

Below given program illustrates the use of static data member:

class rectangle {

private:
int length;

int width;
int area;
static int count;

public:
void input()

{ cin>>length; cin>>width;

void output() { cout++;

area=length*width;

cout<< area of rectangle << count << “is = “<<area: }

};

void main() {

rectangle r1, r2, r3; r1.input(); r1.output(); r2.input(); r2.output(); r3.input(); r3.output();

}
STATIC MEMBER FUNCTION:
A member function in a class can be declared as static. A static member function has certain
special characteristics. These are:

  A static function can have access to only other static members.

  A static member function can be accessed not only by the object name but also with
the

class name.
Below given program illustrates the use of static data member:

class rectangle {

private:
int length;

int width;
int area;
static int count;

public:
void input()

{ cin>>length; cin>>width;

}
void static fcount() {

count++;

cout>>count; }

void output() { cout++;

area=length*width;

cout<< area of rectangle << fcount() << “is = “<<area: }

};
void main() {

rectangle r1, r2, r3; r1.input(); r1.output(); r2.input(); r2.output(); r3.input(); r3.output();

}
Constant member functions
A function becomes constant when const keyword is used in function’s declaration. The
idea of constant functions is not allow them to modify the object on which they are
called. It is recommended practice to make as many functions const as possible so that
accidental changes to objects are avoided.
Following is a simple example of constant function.

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
class test {
int value;
public:
test(int v=0) {value=v;}
};
int main(){
test t(20);
cout<<t.getValue();
return 0;
}

output:
20

CONSTANT DATA MEMBER:

The value of constant data member has never changed.

Constant data member must be initialized using constructor list.

It is used to defined read only property of object.

Operators Overloading
Operator overloading is a compile-time polymorphism in which the operator is overloaded to
provide the special meaning to the user-defined data type. Operator overloading is used to
overload or redefines most of the operators available in C++. It is used to perform the
operation on the user-defined data type. For example, C++ provides the ability to add the
variables of the user-defined data type that is applied to the built-in data types.

The advantage of Operators overloading is to perform different operations on the same

operand.

Operator that cannot be overloaded are as follows:

o Scope operator (::)

o member selector(.)
o member pointer selector(*)
o ternary operator(?:)

Syntax of Operator Overloading

return_type class_name :: operator op(argument_list)

// body of the function

example:
#include<iostream>

using namespace std;

class test

private:

int num;

public:
 test(): num(8){}

void operator ++() {

num = num+2;

void print() {

cout<<”the count is:”<<num;

};

int main()

test tt;

++tt;

tt.print();

return 0;

output:
the count is : 10