Link List - no operator '<<' matches - c++

Question

My c++ is really poor. Anyhow with the code snippet bellow why do I get a error on the << in the do while loop when outside of it I get no error. The error is: no operator "<<" matches these operands. However the string w picks up the word fine. I read somewhere I may have to overload it but why? And how would I over load it for a link list.
Thanks in advance.
void print()
{
HashTable *marker = headOne;
HashTable *inList;
for( int i = 0; i < tableSize; i++ )
{
cout << i << ": " << marker->number << endl;
if(marker->child != NULL)
{
inList = marker;
do
{
string w = inList->word;
cout << w << endl;
inList = inList->child;
}
while(inList != NULL);
}
marker = marker->next;
}//end for loop
}

Answer 1

In order to be able to cout a std::string you have to include:
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

Answer 2

This works:
// Missing includes and using
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
// missing struct
struct HashTable {
HashTable* next;
HashTable* child;
string word;
int number;
};
// missing vars
HashTable ht;
HashTable* headOne = &ht;
int tableSize = 5;
// Unchanged
void print()
{
HashTable *marker = headOne;
HashTable *inList;
for( int i = 0; i < tableSize; i++ )
{
cout << i << ": " << marker -> number << endl;
if(marker->child != NULL)
{
inList = marker;
do
{
string w = inList -> word;
cout << w << endl;
inList = inList -> child;
}
while(inList != NULL);
}
marker = marker -> next;
}//end for loop
}

Answer 3

I read somewhere I may have to overload it but why?
Because there's no overload that matches your need.
And how would I over load it for a link list.
You can do this outside of your class or struct:
(where T is the type of the object that you want to print)
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const T& obj)
{
/* write obj to stream */
return os;
}
This is just an example that prints a vector:
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, vector<int>& obj)
{
for (auto &i : obj)
os << i << " ";
return os;
}
Then I would be able to simply do this cout << n.vec; where n is the class object and vec the name of a vector of ints.