How to rectify private error while using Friend Function in C++? - c++

Question

Getting this error while using friend function in C++ : error: ‘int complex::a’ is private within this context. How will I rectify this error? I have created one complex class and while learning a friend function, i get to know that friend function can access private member functions too. But in this code, this error pops out. Thanks in advance.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class complex{
private:
int a, b;
public:
void setNumber(int x,int y){a=x;b=y;}
void getNumber(){cout << "\n a="<< a << "b=" << b; }
friend ostream& operator <<(ostream&, complex);
friend istream& operator >>(istream&, complex&);
};
ostream& operator <<(ostream &dout, complex c){
cout << "a=" << c.a;
cout << "b=" << c.b;
return (dout);
}
istream& operator <<(istream &din, complex &c){
cin>>c.a>>c.b;
return (din);
}
int main(){
complex c1;
cin >> c1;
cout << c1;
return 0;
}

Answer 1

change this
ostream& operator <<(ostream &dout, complex c)
{
cout << "a=" << c.a;
cout << "b=" << c.b;
return (dout);
}
istream& operator <<(istream &din, complex &c)
{
cin>>c.a>>c.b;
return (din);
}
to
ostream& operator <<(ostream &dout, const complex& c)
{
dout << "a=" << c.a;
dout << "b=" << c.b;
return (dout);
}
istream& operator >>(istream &din, complex &c)
{
din>>c.a>>c.b;
return (din);
}